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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forcible \For"ci*ble\, a. [Cf. OF forcible forcible, forceable
that may be forced.]
1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or
energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.
How forcible are right words! --Job. vi 2?.
Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances,
when broken. --Bacon.
But I have reasons strong and forcible. --Shak.
That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible
to bridle sin. --Hooker.
He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and
ornamented. --Lowth
(Transl. )
2. Violent; impetuous.
Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined.
--Prior.
3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by
compulsion; effected by force; as forcible entry or
abduction.
In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust.
--Swift.
{Forcible entry and detainer} (Law), the entering upon and
taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual
force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the
hindrance of the person having the right to enter
Syn: Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent;
weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
forcible
adj : impelled by physical force especially against resistance;
"forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical";
"strong-arm tactics" [syn: {physical}, {strong-arm}]
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