English-Thai Dictionary

forcible

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORCIBLE

a. 1. Powerful; strong; mighty; as a punishment forcible to bridle sin.
2. Violent; impetuous; driving forward with force; as a forcible stream.
3. Efficacious; active; powerful.
Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances when broken.
4. Powerful; acting with force; impressive; as forcible words or arguments.
5. Containing force; acting by violence; as forcible means.
6. Done by force; suffered by force. The abdication of James, his advocates hold to have been forcible.
7. Valid; binding; obligatory. [Not used. ]
8. In law, forcible entry is an actual violent entry into houses or lands.
Forcible detainer, is a violent withholding of the lands, etc. of another from his possession.
Forcible abduction, is the act of taking away wrongfully, as a child without the consent of the father, a ward without the consent of the guardian, or any person contrary to his or her will.

 

FORCIBLENESS

n.Force; violence.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORCIBLE

For "ci *ble, a. Etym: [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.

 

FORCIBLE-FEEBLE

For "ci *ble-fee `ble, a. Etym: [From Feeble, a character in the Second Part of Shakespeare's "King Henry IV. ," to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet "forcible. "]

 

Defn: Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid. He [Prof. Ayton ] would purge his book of much offensive matter, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the forcible-feeble school. N. Brit. Review.

 

FORCIBLENESS

FORCIBLENESS For "ci *ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being forcible.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

forcible

for ci ble |ˈfôrsəbəl ˈfɔrsəbəl | ▶adjective done by force: signs of forcible entry. • vigorous and strong; forceful: they could only be deterred by forcible appeals. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from force (see force ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

forcible

for |cible |ˈfɔːsɪb (ə )l | ▶adjective done by force: signs of forcible entry. • vigorous and strong; forceful: they could only be deterred by forcible appeals. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from force (see force 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

forcible

forcible adjective 1 forcible entry: forced, violent. 2 forcible repatriation. See forced (sense 2 ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

forcible

forcible adjective 1 they checked the doors for signs of forcible entry: forced, violent; by force, using force, with force. 2 there was no attempt at forcible conversion: compulsory, forced, enforced, obligatory, mandatory, involuntary, imposed, exacted, coerced, demanded, compelled, required, stipulated, dictated, ordained, prescribed; unavoidable, inescapable. 3 a forcible demonstration of his changed attitude: forceful, cogent, convincing, compelling, strong, powerful, potent, weighty, plausible, effective, efficacious, valid, telling; impressive, persuasive, eloquent, credible, influential, conclusive, unanswerable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

forcible

for ci ble /fɔ́ː r səb (ə )l /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 暴力による, 力ずくの ▸ a forcible entry 不法侵入 2 (法的 )強制力を持った, 強制的な .