compel
to force or strongly drive
Roots
- com-: with, together, complete, or intensified
- pel / puls: drive, push, force
Other words with the pel / puls root
- compelling: forcefully convincing or gripping
- compulsion: an irresistible urge or force
- compulsive: driven by an irresistible urge
- expel: to drive out
- impel: to drive or urge forward
- impulse: sudden urge or push
- impulsive: acting on sudden urges
Compel is push with authority: evidence, law, or pressure drives action.
The data compel a less flattering conclusion than the marketing slide suggests.