Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM-PULS'A-TIVE, or COM-PULS'A-TORY
COMP'TON-ITECOM-PULS'A-TIVE-LY
COM-PULS'A-TIVE, or COM-PULS'A-TORY, a. [L. compulsus, from compello; Low L. compulso. See Compel.]
Compelling; forcing; constraining; operating by force. – Shak.
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