transitive. To exercise constraint or compulsion upon; to harass or trouble (a person).

As rendering of Vulgate coartare, artare, lit. to press together, contract.

transitive. To impel or try to impel to action; to constrain; to force. Now rare except as merged with weaker sense ‘urge, try to persuade’ at 14b.

transitive. gen. To force, press; to compel (a person) (to do something). Obsolete.

transitive. To constrain or restrain (a person) by force or compulsion; spec. to compel (someone) to a particular course of action. Obsolete.

transitive. To compel, constrain, force, coerce. Obsolete except as in 1b.

To confine or restrict the action of (a person); to constrain, coerce.

To compel to go. Obsolete.

transitive. To compel, force, oblige. Obsolete.

= coerce, v.

transitive. To press or urge (a person). Also reflexive: to force or exert oneself. Obsolete.

transitive. To urge irresistibly, to constrain, oblige, force. with simple object: To constrain, force.

To constrain by force (whether physical or moral); to compel; to overcome the resistance of. to force (one's) hand: to compel one to act prematurely…

In figurative phrases. to tie the hands of: to deprive of freedom of action. to tie the knot: to effect a union between two persons or things; esp.…

To serve or act as a constraining influence on (something); to bear pressingly on; to spur, actuate, or constrain.

transitive. To drive or compel.

transitive. To subject to duress, constraint, or oppression.

transitive. To constrain or restrain (a voluntary or moral agent) by the application of superior force, or by authority resting on force; to…

transitive. Originally U.S. To rush or coerce (a person or thing) in a particular direction or to a particular conclusion; to accomplish (an…

to twist the tail (of a person): to annoy, to coerce (someone). to twist the lion's tail (U.S.): to provoke the resentment of British people.

transitive, (a) to crush or level with a steamroller; (b) figurative; (also) to force or drive in a given direction (cf. steamroller, v. 2).

figurative. To crush or break down, as with a steamroller; to ride roughshod over; to overwhelm or squash. Frequently in political contexts.

transitive. transferred. To transfer forcibly or abduct; to constrain or compel. colloquial (originally U.S. Military slang).

transitive. To coerce, bully, or pressurize (a person, group, etc.), esp. into a specified course of action. Cf. bulldoze, v. 1, steamroller, v. 2.

To force as if with a shotgun; to bring about forcibly.