compulse

Verb

1. To force, constrain, or obligate.
   • I didn't choose to. I was compulsed. - 1987, John Patrick Shanley, The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, →ISBN, page 14:
   • However, a person can be more or less compulsed as it is possible for the human person to become enlightened, face and work with the particular compulsive style one as adopted. - 1987, Maureen Conroy, Growing in Love...
   • I'm damned tired of being impressed into service, compulsed into doing things I hate to do. - 2010, William A. Owens, Three Friends: Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, →ISBN:
2. To behave in a compulsive manner.
   • Fantasize about sex instead of obsessing and compulsing. - 1997, Mary McClure Goulding, Robert L. Goulding, Changing Lives Through Redecision Therapy, →ISBN, page 207:
   • Howard, stop talking! I asked a simple question. You gave me one of your more-than-I-will-ever- want-to-know answers. You are compulsing again. - 2003, Howard C. Hoffman, Feasting with My King, →ISBN, page 139:
   • ...where if one is not compulsing, then she is in a state of withdrawal from all activities and social interactions, as even the smallest things can trigger the obsessive fixation. - 2013, Vira Burmenko -, My Key to...