Compel and Grant

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Compel verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.

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Grant and compel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grant" instead a verb "Compel".

Nearby Words: compelling, compelled

Grant verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

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Compel and grant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compel" instead a verb "Grant".

Nearby Words: granted, granting, grantee, grantor

desire	compel desire	grant desire
person	compel person	grant person
people	compel people	grant people
chance	compel chance	grant chance
Other words: advantage, time, powers, weapons.

In theory the summoner could compel him to grant the request, but this is very unwise thing to try given that he is a powerful archangel.

Source: Literature / The Mortal Instruments aka: City Of Heavenly Fire
The blood of especially powerful or arcane creatures may compel others, grant immortality, or even become gems.

Source: The Power of Blood
In Rivers of London, Peter Grant has built up a near-total resistance to glamours, due to literally every supernatural creature he meets trying to magically compel him in some fashion or another.

Source: Immune to Mind Control

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