different between compel vs urger
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.
compel From the web:
- what compelled skloot to tell this story
- what compels us to survive
- what compelling means
- what compels you
- what compels daisy to cry
- what compelled handel to compose messiah
- what compelled you to apply for this position
- what compelled perseus to kill medusa
urger
English
Etymology
urge +? -er
Noun
urger (plural urgers)
- One who urges.
- 1844, Andrew Stevenson, The history of the church and state of Scotland (page 195)
- […] the contrivers, maintainers, and urgers of the service-book, and other grievous innovations […]
- 1844, Andrew Stevenson, The history of the church and state of Scotland (page 195)
Anagrams
- Ruger, regur
French
Etymology
Back-formation from urgent; compare Latin urge?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y?.?e/
Verb
urger
- (usually impersonal, informal) To be urgent.
- Dépêche-toi, ça urge ! — Hurry up, it's urgent!
- Synonym: presser
Usage notes
- Do not confuse this verb with English to urge, which is usually transitive and has an active subject.
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written urge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.Personal forms are occasionally found, and conjugate like manger.
Further reading
- “urger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
urger From the web:
- whataburger
- https://whataburger.com/
- whataburger near me
- whataburger breakfast
- whataburger breakfast menu
- whataburger breakfast hours
- whataburger locations
- whataburger careers
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