compels
Saykuhm-PELZ/kəmˈpɛlz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of compel.
The new policy compels companies to disclose their carbon emissions.
A deep sense of duty compels him to volunteer every weekend.
Note
A present-tense form that carries the verb's whole range, from the archaic sense of driving together and rounding up to the everyday sense of forcing or strongly motivating. Its usual shape is an object plus a to-infinitive: the law compels firms to report. When the object is what is extracted rather than who is pressed, no infinitive follows: a commander compels obedience.
compels is a form of compel
compel, verb: To force, constrain, or coerce someone into doing something against their own will. Full entry
- Forms
- compelcompels he/she/itcompelling -ing formcompelled past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- compel → compels: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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