compel

1. (transitive)To overpower; to subdue.

   bezwingen, unterwerfen

   подчиня́тьpodčinjátʹ

2. (transitive)To force, constrain, or coerce.

   Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.

   Congratulations, your courage compels respect.

   zwingen, nötigen

   заставля́тьzastavljátʹ, заста́витьzastávitʹ, принужда́тьprinuždátʹ

   приму́шуватиprymúšuvaty, приму́ситиprymúsyty, зму́шуватиzmúšuvaty

   force somebody to do something

3. (transitive)To forcefully or powerfully motivate (a course of action).

4. (transitive)To have a strong, irresistible force (on someone or something).

5. (transitive)To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.

   zwingen

   обя́зыватьobjázyvatʹ, вынужда́тьvynuždátʹ, обяза́тьobjazátʹ

   necessitate or exact

6. (archaic, literally, transitive)To drive together, round up.

   The shepherds compelled the stray sheep into the fold as night began to fall.

   собира́тьsobirátʹ

7. (obsolete)To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.

8. (obsolete)To gather or unite in a crowd or company.

9. (obsolete)To call forth; to summon.

1. Tom felt compelled to say something.

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2. I felt compelled to do that.

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3. I feel compelled to do that.

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4. Tom felt compelled to do that.

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5. I felt compelled to say something.

   deIch sah mich genötigt, etwas zu sagen.

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