FORCIBLE, a. 1. Powerful; strong; mighty; as a punishment forcible to bridle sin.2. Violent; impetuous; driving forward with force; as a forcible stream.3. Efficacious; active; powerful.Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances when broken.4. Powerful; acting with force; impressive; as forcible words or arguments.5. Containing force; acting by violence; as forcible means.6. Done by force; suffered by force. The abdication of James, his advocates hold to have been forcible.7. Valid; binding; obligatory. [Not used.]8. In law, forcible entry is an actual violent entry into houses or lands.Forcible detainer, is a violent withholding of the lands, &c. of another from his possession.Forcible abduction, is the act of taking away wrongfully, as a child without the consent of the father, a ward without the consent of the guardian, or any person contrary to his or her will.
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