Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to compel; compulsory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Serving to compel; compulsory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Serving to
compel ;compulsory .
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Examples
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"It was the strangest and newest sight and device," says Cavendish, "that ever we read or heard of in any history or chronicle in any region that a king and queen should be convented and constrained by process compellatory to appear in any court as common persons, within their own realm and dominion, to abide the judgment and decree of their own subjects, having the royal diadem and prerogative thereof."
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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"that ever we read or heard of in any history or chronicle in any region that a King and Queen should be convented and constrained by process compellatory to appear in any court as common persons, within their own realm and dominion, to abide the judgement and decree of their own subjects, having the royal diadem and prerogative thereof."
History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 John Richard Green 1860
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