Part 4476

<hw>For"ci*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>forcible</ets> forcible, <ets>forceable</ets> that may be forced.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.</def>

<blockquote>How <b>forcible</b> are right words! <i>Job. vi. 2<?/.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sweet smells are most <b>forcible</b> in dry substances, when broken. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But I have reasons strong and <b>forcible</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That punishment which hath been sometimes <b>forcible</b> to bridle sin. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He is at once elegant and sublime, <b>forcible</b> and ornamented. <i>Lowth (Transl. )</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Violent; impetuous.</def>

<blockquote>Like mingled streams, more <b>forcible</b> when joined. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; <as>as, <ex>forcible</ex> entry or abduction</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In embraces of King James . . . <b>forcible</b> and unjust. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Forcible entry and detainer</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent; weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.</syn>

<h1>Forcible-feeble</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For"ci*ble-fee`ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Feeble</ets>, a character in the Second Part of Shakespeare's "King Henry IV.," to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet "<ets>forcible</ets>."]</ety> <def>Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.</def>

<blockquote>He [Prof. Ayton] would purge his book of much offensive matter, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the <b>forcible-feeble</b> school. <i>N. Brit. Review.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forcibleness</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For"ci*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being forcible.</def>

<h1>Forcibly</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For"ci*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a forcible manner.</def>

<h1>Forcing</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For"cing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gardening)</fld> <def>The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Forcing</col> <col>bed &or; pit</col></mcol>, <cd>a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding bottom heat for forcing plants; a hotbed.</cd> -- <col>Forcing engine</col>, <cd>a fire engine.</cd> -- <col>Forcing fit</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>a tight fit, as of one part into a hole in another part, which makes it necessary to use considerable force in putting the two parts together.</cd> -- <col>Forcing house</col>, <cd>a greenhouse for the forcing of plants, fruit trees, etc.</cd> -- <col>Forcing machine</col>, <cd>a powerful press for putting together or separating two parts that are fitted tightly one into another, as for forcing a crank on a shaft, or for drawing off a car wheel from the axle.</cd> -- <col>Forcing pump</col>. <cd>See <er>Force pump</er> <sd>(b)</sd>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Forcipal</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For"ci*pal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Forcipate, Forcipated</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw><hw>For"ci*pate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>For"ci*pa`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a pair of forceps; <as>as, a <ex>forcipated</ex> mouth</as>.</def>