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compellation definition

com·pel·la·tion (käm′pə lā′s̸hən)

noun

Now Rare appellation

Etymology: L compellatio < compellare, to accost, address < L compellere: see compel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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