Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FOR-CI-BLE
FOR-CI-BLE, a.
- Powerful; strong; mighty; as, a punishment forcible to bridle sin. Hooker.
- Violent; impetuous; driving forward with force; as, a forcible stream.
- Efficacious; active; powerful. Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken. Bacon.
- Powerful; acting with force; impressive; as, forcible words or arguments.
- Containing force; acting by violence; as, forcible means.
- Done by force; suffered by force. The abdication of James, his advocates hold to have been forcible. Swift.
- Valid; binding; obligatory. [Not used.] Johnson.
- In law, forcible entry is an actual violent entry into houses or lands. Forcible detainer, is a violent withholding of the lands, &c. 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. Blackstone.
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