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compelled en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. 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:

Forms

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most compelled Degree=Sup lexicographic
more compelled Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

uncompelled · compelled speech

compelled en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of compel
    form of compel