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† compulsatory, a. Obs.|kəmˈpʌlsətərɪ|
Also 7–8 compulsitory.
[f. as prec. + -ory.]
Of the nature of, characterized by, or subject to compulsion; compulsory.
1603[see compulsative]. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xxvi. (1611) 185 They are sooner wone by perswasion then forced by compulsatorie meanes. 1694Child Disc. Trade Pref. (ed. 4) 12 Without compulsitory laws. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. 247 The step..was truly..compulsatory. 1827J. Anderson Soc. & Knowl. Highl. 88 The practice, partly voluntary, partly compulsatory.
Hence comˈpulsatorily adv.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. xxxviii. 141 He had compulsatorily..tricked me into the act of going with him. 1782F. Burney Cecilia viii. v, Labouring wilfully in the field, with those who labour compulsatorily. |