compel testimony (English, verb)
expansion: compel testimony (third-person singular simple present compels testimony, present participle compelling testimony, simple past and past participle compelled testimony)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: To officially require that a witness appear and testify before a court of law or other public authority, under threat of legally enforceable penalties for failure to do so.
Forms:
form: compels testimony
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: compelling testimony
tags: participle
present
form: compelled testimony
tags: participle
past
form: compelled testimony
tags: past