dwingen — meaning in English

English meaning

• coerce verb To force someone into doing something, using pressure, threats, or intimidation.
• compel verb To force or pressure someone into doing something.
• force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.

Senses

dwingen is used for these senses in English:

• compel (transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.
• force (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
• force (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

coerce — full definition

1. verb To force someone into doing something, using pressure, threats, or intimidation.
2. verb In computing, to force a value to convert from one data type to another.

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