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Definition of "compellable" [com•pel•la•ble]

  • Capable of being compelled or constrained. (adjective)

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Use "compellable" in a sentence
  • "The act provided that “no person shall be compellable to work above Eight Days in the year, nor at any time in seed-time, Hay or Corn-Harvest.”"
  • "Any "competent and compellable person" can be called, with Ginwala's approval, to give evidence."
  • "These might, indeed, supply their posts with some other able-bodied men; but if no such could have been found, the obligation nevertheless remained, and they were compellable to serve in their own proper persons."