(a) To coerce or force (sb. to do sth.); compelled (bi force), under duress; (b) to force or induce (sb.); -- with to phrase.

Of circumstances: (a) to constrain or impel (sb. to do sth.), make (sth. happen); ben compelled, be under a necessity, be forced (to do sth.); compelled of necessite; (b) to induce or constrain (sb. to action); (c) of a condition: to cause (sth. to happen).

Of laws, conventions: (a) to obligate (sb. to do sth.); ben compelled, be obliged or obligatory; (b) ben compelled to, be liable to (a levy, an investigation).

Misc. uses: (a) to urge (sb.), adjure; (b) to make (sb.) conform; (c) to press upon (an enemy); (d) to take (sth.) by force, requisition.