compel
verb (used with object)
to force or drive, especially to a course of action.
compeller
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a word derived from
compel.
Example Sentences
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There is a reason so many Americans choose to develop their net worth through homeownership: It is a proven wealth builder and savings compeller.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2017
He had an official called an 'Ordner,' whose help he could invoke in desperate cases, but apparently the Ordner is only a persuader, not a compeller.
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Mark Twain
It could have sprung from nothing more palpable than the contrast suggested between Paula, the compeller, the dompteuse, and the man who had just been so describing her.
From Mary Wollaston by Henry Kitchell Webster
Well, you enter into agreement with the compeller of horses, alias vetturino, to go to a certain town a certain distance from Rome.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
The possible interrupter of human actions, the old Cloud compeller, has it in his power to mould, in whatsoever shape he chooses, the inconsistent element, the limitless incoherence, the force diffused and undecided of aim.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
