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compellans
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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of compellō
Participle
compellāns (genitive compellantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- Driving, bringing, moving, impelling, inciting, urging, compelling, forcing, constraining to something
- Without implying reproach, to accost, address (mostly poetic)
- In a hostile sense, addressing one reproachfully or abusively, reproaching, chiding, rebuking, upbraiding, abusing, taking to task, calling to account
- speaking to, calling upon
- appealing to
- challenging
- accusing
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
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