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Also Inflected form of compel

compelling

com·pel·ling

UK/kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/ US/kʌˈmpɛlɪŋ/ fairly common

adjective

1.

driving or forcing

  • “compelling ambition”
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2.

tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument

  • “new and compelling evidence”
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Origin

By surface analysis, compel + -ing.

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