Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Compelling; forcing; constraining; operating by force. Also
compulsatory .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Compulsatory.
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- adjective obsolete
compulsatory ; employing force or constraint
Etymologies
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From Latin compulsare, verb intensitive of compellere. See compel.
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Examples
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And terms compulsative, 11 those foresaid lands116
Act I. Scene I 1909
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