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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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prescribe
English
Alternative forms
- præscribe (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praescribere, from prae (“before”) and scribere (“to write”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???sk?a?b/, /p???sk?a?b/
- (distinguished from proscribe) IPA(key): /?p?i??sk?a?b/
- Rhymes: -a?b
- Homophone: proscribe (in some dialects)
Verb
prescribe (third-person singular simple present prescribes, present participle prescribing, simple past and past participle prescribed)
- (medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
- To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
Related terms
Derived terms
- deprescribe
- prescriber
Antonyms
- proscribe
Translations
Spanish
Verb
prescribe
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of prescribir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of prescribir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of prescribir.
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