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adjective

Forcible adj.

Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential. "How forcible are right words!" "Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken." "But I have reasons strong and forcible." "That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin." "He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented."

Violent; impetuous. "Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined."

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."

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.

Synonyms: Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent; weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.

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Etymology of 'Forcible'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Forcible" Quotes from Famous Books

... now observed in a manner that was at once expressive of forcible argumentation, strict confidence, and great politeness, "as I hup and married your sister, and I were at the time what you might call (if you was anyways ...

— Great Expectations • Charles Dickens

... say you shall not, my lady," he rejoined, unable in his anger to maintain the semblance of respect he had hitherto preserved, and endeavouring to obtain forcible possession ...

— The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 - An Historical Romance • W. Harrison Ainsworth

... personal," hoarsely. "Your blow, as well as your connection with the forcible abduction of this young lady, whose legal protector I am, are not matters to be settled ...

— My Lady of the North • Randall Parrish

... many generations, and were believed to afford the only suitable preparation for the learned professions, public life, and cultivated society. In proclaiming this doctrine with ample illustration, ingenious argument, and forcible reiteration, Spencer was a true educational pioneer, although some of his scientific contemporaries were really preaching similar doctrines, each ...

— Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects - Everyman's Library • Herbert Spencer

... There appeared to be forcible matter in this inquiry, for Mr Pinch only repeated in an undertone that he had a strong misgiving on the subject, and that he greatly feared ...

— Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit • Charles Dickens

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