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compel
English
Etymology
From Middle English compellen, borrowed from Middle French compellir, from Latin compellere, itself from com- (“together”) + pellere (“to drive”). Displaced native Middle English fordriven ("to drive out, to lead to, to compel, to force"), from Old English fordr?fan. More at fordrive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m?p?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
- Hyphenation: com?pel
Verb
compel (third-person singular simple present compels, present participle compelling, simple past and past participle compelled)
- (transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
- (transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
- Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, act 5, scene 1,
- Against my will, / As Pompey was, am I compell’d to set / Upon one battle all our liberties.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- Wolsey […] compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once.
- (transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
- (obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
- Easy sleep their weary limbs compell'd.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Geraint and Enid
- I compel all creatures to my will.
- (obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
- in one troop compell'd
- (obsolete) To call forth; to summon.
Derived terms
Related terms
- compulsion
Translations
References
- compel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “compel” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Random House Webster’s Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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bayonet
English
Etymology
From French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?be??n?t/, /?be??n?t/, /?be???n?t/
- (General American) enPR: b?'?-n?t?, b???-n?t, b???-n?t', IPA(key): /?be???n?t/, /?be??n??t/, /?be???n?t/
- Rhymes: -?t, -e??n?t, -e??n?t
Noun
bayonet (plural bayonets)
- (military) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xvi:
- Fig. 3. Its bayonet, to be fixed by sticking the handle into the muzzle of the musquet.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xvi:
- (engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- knife
- spear
- sword
Verb
bayonet (third-person singular simple present bayonets, present participle bayoneting or bayonetting, simple past and past participle bayoneted or bayonetted)
- (transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
- (transitive) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
- 1774, Edmund Burke, A Speech on American Taxation
- to bayonet us into a submission
- 1774, Edmund Burke, A Speech on American Taxation
Usage notes
The spelling bayoneting and bayoneted are preferred in the US, while bayonetting and bayonetted are preferred in the UK.
Anagrams
- Oytaben
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch bajonet, from French baïonnette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ba?jon?t]
- Hyphenation: ba?yo?nèt
Noun
bayonet (first-person possessive bayonetku, second-person possessive bayonetmu, third-person possessive bayonetnya)
- bayonet,
- (military) a pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
- (engineering) a pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
Further reading
- “bayonet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
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