v. Obs. rare. [f. L. compellāt- ppl. stem of compellāre to address, accost: see -ATE3.] trans. To address (by some particular name or appellation), call.
a. 1638. Mede, Wks. (1677), 21. S. Paul, speaking … to that mixt multitude … compellates them.
1686. Hickes, Spec. Beatæ Virg., 31. The practice of Compellating Saints.
