To force, constrain or coerce.
To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
To overpower; to subdue.
To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."