Compelling
[kəm'pelɪŋ] or [kəm'pɛlɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument; 'new and compelling evidence' .
(adj.) driving or forcing; 'compelling ambition' .
Editor: Mervin--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n) of Compel
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Examples
- Well, that is generous, said Mr. Farebrother, compelling himself to approve of the man whom he disliked. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He turned and looked about him, sternly compelling himself to regain his consciousness of outward things. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- That future greatness had always been in his thoughts, and had been one of the compelling powers in his great chemical discoveries. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I hope, in that case, all my impulses will be strong in compelling me to love. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was compelling fortune, he felt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The first represented the decision-compelling spirit, the second the spirit of risking little to gain a little. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In that case, who was the likeliest person to possess the power of compelling her to remain at Welmingham? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The old mercantilist policy was giving way to early industrialism: a thousand unconscious economic and social forces were compelling the change. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- When the motor was started, the armature was brought up to full revolution and then the belt was tightened on the car-axle, compelling motion of the locomotive. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The weight of Newton’s authority and the weight of figures were compelling facts, such as scientists had no mind to doubt. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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