compelledadj.
/kəmˈpɛld/ 1.
a. Constrained, forced, necessitated: see the verb.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [adjective] > relating to compulsory enlistment > compelled to enlist
compelled1541
impressed1608
conscribed1654
pressed1705
lotted1758
conscript1804
conscripted1807
press-ganged1882
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] > done, produced, or obtained by compulsion
threata1400
constraintc1430
compelled1541
compulsed1541
violent?1550
extorted1552
wrested1565
coacted1570
enforced1576
forced1576
compulsory1581
commandeda1586
coactive1596
infortiate1601
extortious1602
coact1610
compulsive1611
exacted1618
necessitous1632
violented1641
necessary1655
on-forced1656
commandatorya1659
extorsive1669
compellable1677
compulsatory1748
obbligato1780
coerced1877
mandatory1891
shotgun1937
1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 328/1 Compelled chastitie is against the institution of the Gospell.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iv. 43 A compell'd restraint. View more context for this quotation
a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1876) 3rd Ser. xxi. 272 The tenant of a compelled solitude.
b. Pathology. compelled movements: involuntary movements arising from irritation or lesion of some part of the central nervous system; compelled position, a position to which a patient constantly returns.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > movements resulting from
compelled movements1877
1877 tr. F. Obernier in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XII. 260 Compelled backward movements have been more frequently observed in affections of the cerebellum.
2. Driven or gathered together, collected. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adjective] > towards each other or converging > driven together
compelled1616
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > gathering, collecting, or coming together > gathered together > by force
compelled1616
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 79 Vpon his brow Continuall bubbles like compelled drops.
Derivatives
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adverb] > under compulsion
forcedly1548
constrainedly1549
enforcedly1579
coactly1581
compelledly1590
inforcively1604
compulsively1628
extortedly1640
compulsatively1844
1590 C. S. Briefe Resol. Right Relig. 18 Feede..the flocke of Christ, not compelledly but willingly.
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 458 [They] acknowledge (not compelledly but frankly) the spirituall power.
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