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.
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