Compel

Definition

compel /kǝm'pel/ v ( -ll- ) ၁။ ( fml ) အတင္းအက်ပ္ခိုင္းသည္။ မျဖစ္မေနလုပ္ေစသည္။ အက်ပ္ကိုင္သည္။ We cannot compel you to (do it), but we think you should. ❍ I was compelled to (ie I had to) acknowledge the force of his argument. ❍ If the board approved the proposal I should feel compelled to resign. Compare IMPEL ၂။ ( fml ) (က) မရအရယူသည္။ (အေျခအေနက)ေတာင္းဆိုသည္။ You can compel obedience, but not affection. ❍ Circumstances have compelled a change of plan. (ခ) (not in the continuous tenses) လံႈ႕ေဆာ္သည္။ ဖမ္းစားသည္။ His courage compels universal admiration. ❍ music that compels an audience's attention. ❏ compelling adj (က) အလြန္စိတ္ဝင္စားဖြယ္ေကာင္းေသာ။ ဆြဲ ေဆာင္ေသာ။ a compelling novel/account/story. (ခ) လက္ခံရမည္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ သေဘာတူရမည္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ a compelling reason/argument. Compare COMPULSION

Examples

1. [compel someone to do something] : The order compelled him to appear as a witness.
2. [feel compelled to do something] : I feel compelled to write to thank you.