In my rights,
By me invested, he compeers the best.
Shak.
{ Com*peer", Com*peir" (?), } v. i. See Compear.
Com*pel" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n Compelling.] [L. compellere, compulsum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com- + pellere to drive: cf. OF. compellir. See Pulse.] 1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once.
Hallam.
And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross.
Mark xv. 21.