'compels' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It means to force or strongly urge someone to do something. Example: The heartbreaking stories of the refugees compelled the government to take action and provide them with aid.
Rather than simply making cooperation more worthwhile (and thus, in a sense, more compelling), this strategy involves arranging for the use of force (which compels in a stronger sense of the term).
Society now compels us to hold tobacco companies in utter contempt, which is fair enough, but I have to be honest and say I could never hate the Benson and Hedges brand, not when they footed the bill for appearances of the likes of Roger Harper, Abdul Qadir, Graeme LaBrooy and Mohammad Wasim.
The ruling compels Kansas's Republican secretary of state to remove the name of a Democratic candidate from ballot papers ahead of November's elections.
Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou, still striving, along with the likes of Yaya Touré and Emmanuel Eboué, to lead their country to the trophy they were supposedly destined to land, were among the scorers as the Elephants stomped to a 4-2 first leg lead, a result that compels Senegal to go on the attack in Dakar.
I know they say that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover – but the cover of this book is so beautifully and stylishly designed that it compels you to pick it up, and of course once you start reading you find that the writing inside is as stylish as the outside of the book!
The Right to Education Act, which came into effect in 2010, compels all independent schools to register with the government on pain of closure (surveys suggest that only about half bother to do so).
But pillar 2, which allows national regulators the discretion to tweak regulatory capital levels, and pillar 3, which compels banks to disclose much more information to financial markets, are likely to have a much bigger effect on capital requirements and banks' behaviour, says Christian Pederson of Mercer Oliver Wyman, a consultancy.
Sometimes this is because the "mediator" is in fact also a participant, a wielder of power who compels a recalcitrant party to make a compromise it does not want to make.
Should a child result, the law compels child support (at least in the West) regardless of marriage status; a wife merely adds to the potential cost of alimony.
Most of them had severe health problems, they say.As in other countries, it is often economic hardship that compels parents to abandon a child.
Republicans can restore themselves to executive power with an optimism that refuses to accept debt-heavy budgets and their corollary impulse; the lazy reflex that compels tax increases rather than tight management and real spending reductions.As a foundation, we need a balanced budget amendment.
