meaning of compel

1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
5. To call forth; to summon.
6. To make one yield or submit.
7. Compel COMpute ParallEL Competitive Access Provider CAP, or "Bypass Carrier" A company which provides network links between the customer and the IntereXchange Carrier or even directly to the Internet Service Provider. CAPs operate private networks independent of Local Exchange Carriers. ["Getting Connected The Internet at 56k and Up", Kevin Dowd, First Edition, p. 49, OReilly & Associates, Inc. , June 1996, ISBN 1-56592-154-2 US, ISBN 1-56592-203-4 international].
8. make someone do something

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