compellent

English

Adjective

compellent (comparative more compellent, superlative most compellent)

  1. That compels.
    • 1985, Thomas C. Schelling, Choice and Consequence, page 321:
      Acquiescence to a compellent threat invites another demand […]

Latin

Verb

compellent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of compellō
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