compel

compel
transitive verb,
-ll- zwingen

compel somebody to do something — jemanden [dazu] zwingen, etwas zu tun

* * *
[kəm'pel]
past tense, past participle - compelled; verb
(to force: They compelled me to betray my country.) zwingen
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com·pel
<-ll->
[kəmˈpel]
vt
1. (force)
to \compel sb to do sth jdn [dazu] zwingen, etw zu tun
to feel \compelled [to do sth] sich akk gezwungen [o genötigt] sehen[, etw zu tun]
2. (form: cause to happen)
to \compel sth person etw erzwingen; circumstances etw erforderlich machen
to \compel attention Aufmerksamkeit erregen
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[kəm'pel]
vt
1) (= force) zwingen

I feel compelled to tell you ... — ich sehe mich (dazu) gezwungen or veranlasst, Ihnen mitzuteilen, ...

2) admiration, respect abnötigen (from sb jdm); obedience erzwingen (from sb von jdm)
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compel [kəmˈpel] v/t
1. zwingen, nötigen:
be compelled to do sth gezwungen sein, etwas zu tun; etwas tun müssen;
feel compelled to do sth sich genötigt sehen, etwas zu tun
2. etwas erzwingen
3. auch Bewunderung etc abnötigen (from sb jemandem):
compel sb’s respect jemandem Respekt abnötigen
4. unterwerfen (to dat), bezwingen
* * *
transitive verb,
-ll- zwingen

compel somebody to do something — jemanden [dazu] zwingen, etwas zu tun

* * *
v.
nötigen v.
zwingen v.
(§ p.,pp.: zwang, gezwungen)

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