Word of The Day

Word of the Day 
3.8.20

  com·pel

/kəmˈpel/

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verb

past tense: compelled; past participle: compelled

1. force or oblige (someone) to do something.

   "a sense of duty compelled Harry to answer her questions"

   Similar:

   force
   

   coerce into

   pressurize into

   pressure
   

   impel
   

   drive
   

   press
   

   push
   

   urge
   

   prevail on

   dragoon into

   browbeat into

   bully into

   bludgeon into

   intimidate into

   terrorize into

   oblige
   

   require
   

   put under an obligation

   leave someone no option but to

   make
   

   bulldoze
   

   railroad
   

   steamroller
   

   twist someone's arm
   

   strong-arm
   

   lean on
   

   put the screws on
   

   constrain
   

   exact
   

   extort
   

   demand
   

   insist on

   enforce
   

   necessitate
   

   • bring about (something) by the use of force or pressure.

     "they may compel a witness's attendance at court by issue of a summons"
   • LITERARY

     drive forcibly.

     "by heav'n's high will compell'd from shore to shore"

   
   

Credits: Taken from Google dictionary

Photograph: Dory Tucker

I was driving back from Colorado in July from my fathers funeral, and I was compelled to look up and saw these "angels" in the sky kissing