Verb

• S: (v) enforce, impose, constrain (compel to behave in a certain way) "Social relations impose courtesy"; "duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) compel, oblige, obligate (force somebody to do something) "We compel all students to fill out this form"
• S: (v) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s something
• S: (v) inflict, bring down, visit, impose (impose something unpleasant) "The principal visited his rage on the students"
• S: (v) levy, impose (impose and collect) "levy a fine"