All 3 Uses of
compel
in
A Room With A View
- It has a strange power, for it compels not only the lips, but the very heart.†
Chpt 8 *compels = forces; or (more rarely) convinces
- Mr. Beebe, who could be silent, but who could not bear silence, was compelled to chatter, since the expedition looked like a failure, and neither of his companions would utter a word.†
Chpt 12compelled = forced; or (more rarely) convinced
- Remembering that she was engaged to Cecil, she compelled herself to confused remembrances of George; he was nothing to her; he never had been anything; he had behaved abominably; she had never encouraged him.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
to force someone to do something
or more rarely:
to convince someone to do something
or more rarely:
to convince someone to do something
Most typically, compel describes an external influence forcing someone to do something, but it can also describe being driven by an internal desire.