单词 | compeller |
释义 | compellern. 1. One who compels or constrains. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > one who compels constrainer1382 forcer1556 compellera1577 enforcer1580 duressora1626 necessitater1654 coercer1811 bulldozer1876 necessitator1904 arm-twister1915 a1577 T. Smith in J. Strype Life Sir T. Smith (1698) App. iii. 116 What pleasure shall the Compelled Party have of the Compeller? 1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 64 That due proportion which should be maintained between the Compellers, and the Compelled. 2. One who drives; figurative one who guides or rules. See also cloud-compeller n. at cloud n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who guides ruddereOE guyour13.. lodesmanc1300 guya1375 guidec1385 conduct1423 wisserc1440 guiderc1450 conductor1481 convoyer1488 godfather?1541 pilota1560 compeller1587 godmother1593 prefect1608 Mercurialist1635 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 866/1 That this man was..cheefe compeller, and disposer of the kingdome. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. i. 17 Stern compeller of the clouds, thou also shalt hear the voice of the Reimkennar. 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 181 ‘Zeus father’..compeller of tempests. 1884 Literary Era II. 147 First the creature and then the compeller of the movement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1577 |
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