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What is the past tense of compel?

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The past tense of compel is compelled.

The third-person singular simple present indicative form of compel is compels.

The present participle of compel is compelling.

The past participle of compel is compelled.

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At the time I didn't like it, but later, when I found the song in an opportunity shop, I was compelled to buy it.
He was compelled to start negotiations, make peace, and suffer the humiliation of becoming vassal to the Turkish sultan.
Three seconds later I was compelled to pat the floor in token of surrender.
They were forlorn, dejected, and pleading, yet so serenely resolved he was compelled to do as she asked.
We saw Fritz try to get several other balloons but the anti-aircraft guns compelled him to fly high and so he could not make a direct hit.
These realities are unbeknownst to the forfeiter of the information, and yet we are compelled to act as a reluctant voyeur.

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