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compello

Pronunciation: [kɔmˈpɛl.loː]

“compello” is a Latin word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to gather, collect, push together
  2. to compel, reduce to a certain condition or state by force
  3. to urge
  4. to address, accost
  5. to challenge
  6. to rebuke
  7. to insult, scold
  8. to accuse

Etymology

From con- (“together”) + pellō (“drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach”).

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