Definition of Forcible

For´ci`ble
a.1.Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.
How forcible are right words!
- Job. vi. 2 .
But I have reasons strong and forcible.
- Shak.
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.


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