- present tense form of compel (3rd person singular).
compels
Example Sentences
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Careful digging revealed that the circular depressions were cupels, or metal-refining bowls.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the muffle has cooled down for the withdrawal of the last batch, and the old cupels have been taken out, the new cupels for the next batch should be put in their place.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
He describes the operations of distillation, sublimation, filtration, various chemical apparatus, water-baths, sand-baths, cupels of bone-earth, of the use of which he gives a singularly clear description.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
To enable cupels of the best quality to be made, all the impurities must be removed from the ashes.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
These he placed in the little porous vessels made of compressed bone ash, called cupels, which had been slowly heating in the furnace.
From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward
