compel

verb9

1. •
   To force, constrain, or coerce.

   • Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.
   • Congratulations, your courage compels respect.
2. •
   To forcefully or powerfully motivate (a course of action).

   • As the novel progresses, it picks up a propulsive energy, the kind that compels you to keep reading straight through to the end. — 2022
3. •
   To have a strong, irresistible force (on someone or something).
4. •
   To overpower; to subdue.

   • She had one of those perfect faces, which irresistibly compel the soul of a man. — 1917
5. •
   To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.

   • Commissions, which compel from each / The sixth part of his substance. — 1613
6. •
   (no longer used) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.

   • Easy sleep their weary limbs compell'd. — 1697
7. •
   (no longer used) To drive together, round up.

   • The shepherds compelled the stray sheep into the fold as night began to fall.
8. •
   (no longer used) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
9. •
   (no longer used) To call forth; to summon.

   • She had this knight from far compeld. — 1590