1. (v. t.) To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

2. (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.

3. (v. t.) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.

4. (v. t.) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.

5. (v. t.) To call forth; to summon.

6. (v. i.) To make one yield or submit.

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