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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
compelled en · ADJ
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Driven; forced.
I was very compelled by the experience of watching Hamlet and the opening scene that has the ghost of his father on the parapet saying, “Revenge my death.”
2021, Lew Hunter, Naked Screenwriting:I was the only one who was in a position to do it, and I felt very compelled to do so.
2021, Liliana Chávez Díaz, Latin American Documentary Narratives, page 223:I do believe state policymakers are very compelled to address those early years.
2013, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce, Education Research, page 42:
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Deriveds
uncompelled · compelled speech
compelled en · VERB
Pronunciation
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of compel