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Verbs Nouns Adjective
beautify beauty beautiful
advise advice advisory
compulsion compulsory

I can't find the verb in the dictionary, please help me!!!

2007-01-12 18:06:28 · 10 answers · asked by Priyanka N 2 in Society & Culture Languages

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Compel

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin compulsiō, compulsiōn-, from Latin compulsus, past participle of compellere, to compel. See compel.]

com·pul·sion (kəm-pŭl'shən) pronunciation
noun 1.
1. The act of compelling.
2. The state of being compelled

noun 2.
1. An irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation: “The compulsion to protect the powerful from the discomfort of public disclosure feeds further abuse and neglect” (Boston Globe).
2. An act or acts performed in response to such an impulse.

2007-01-12 18:15:33 · answer #1 · answered by Gordon M 3 · 4 0

The verbs are "beautify", "advise" and "compel(l)". "Advice" is a noun. "Advisory" may be a noun or an adjective. "Beauty" is a noun. "Beautiful" is an adjective. "Compulsion" is a noun and "compulsory" is an adjective.

2007-01-12 18:16:04 · answer #2 · answered by Stag S 5 · 2 0

If it is the verb that fits with "compulsion" you are after, you should look at "compel".

2007-01-12 18:16:12 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1 0

Very interesting. you'd be many times dissatisfied in English, yet i have under no circumstances heard of all and sundry being illusioned. We do say 'i grow to be lower than the phantasm' that i grow to be going to receive a modern-day, which failed to take position. if so we would sense dissatisfied. in the context of your sentence i'd advise 'hopeful' of receiving that modern-day.

2016-10-30 23:43:30 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Compel.

Brushing my teeth is a compulsion.
It is compulsory to brush my teeth.
I compel myself to brush my teeth.
Brushing my teeth is compulsive.

Good Luck

2007-01-12 20:05:05 · answer #5 · answered by Noota Oolah 6 · 0 0

are you looking for the word 'compulsive' ???

2007-01-12 19:30:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

in this case, compulsory happens to be BOTH noun and adjective, which happens sometimes.

2007-01-12 18:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by darthhk 2 · 0 2

to compel (past: compelled)

or: to impel (past: impelled) as an alternative. :)

2007-01-12 20:07:32 · answer #8 · answered by Jamanian Devil 2 · 0 0

compel

2007-01-12 18:15:05 · answer #9 · answered by dullorb 3 · 3 0

perhaps compulsive?

2007-01-12 18:13:11 · answer #10 · answered by Lady Wildwood 3 · 0 1

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