Compelled vs Involuntary - What's the difference?
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(compel)
(transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up (rfex)
To overpower; to subdue.
* 1917 , , King Coal , ch. 16,
To force, constrain or coerce.
* 1600 , , Julius Caesar , act 5, sc. 1,
* Hallam
To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
* Shakespeare
* 1912 , , Sky Island , ch. 14,
(obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
* Dryden
* Tennyson
(obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To call forth; to summon.
* Spenser
Without intention; unintentional.
Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Compelled is a related term of involuntary.
As a verb compelled
is (compel).As an adjective involuntary is
without intention; unintentional.compelled
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Verb
(head)compel
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Verb
- She had one of those perfect faces, which irresistibly compel the soul of a man.
- Logic compels''' the wise, while fools feel '''compelled by emotions.
- Against my will, / As Pompey was, am I compell’d to set / Upon one battle all our liberties.
- Wolsey compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once.
- Commissions, which compel from each / The sixth part of his substance.
- The Queen has nothing but the power to execute the laws, to adjust grievances and to compel order.
- Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled .
- I compel all creatures to my will.
- in one troop compelled
- She had this knight from far compelled .
- (Chapman)
Derived terms
* compellable * compeller * compelling * compellation * compel testimonyReferences
* * * Random House Webster’s Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996. English control verbs English transitive verbsinvoluntary
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He involuntarily overheard the conversation.
- He found himself the involuntary witness in the trial.