† compulsatoryadj.
/kəmˈpʌlsətəri/ Obsolete.
Of the nature of, characterized by, or subject to compulsion; compulsory.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective]
strainable1483
compellatory?a1562
coactive1593
inforcive1596
enforcive1598
coercivea1600
constraining1602
constraintive1602
pulsive1602
compulsive1604
compulsatory1610
compellinga1616
compulsativea1616
compulsory1631
coercitive1632
coactinga1641
enforcinga1657
coercent1660
imposing1665
cogent1672
compellent1847
high-pressured1868
coercionary1884
steamroller1896
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] > done, produced, or obtained by compulsion
threata1400
constraintc1430
compelled1541
compulsed1541
violent?1550
extorted1552
wrested1565
coacted1570
enforced1576
forced1576
compulsory1581
commandeda1586
coactive1596
infortiate1601
extortious1602
coact1610
compulsive1611
exacted1618
necessitous1632
violented1641
necessary1655
on-forced1656
commandatorya1659
extorsive1669
compellable1677
compulsatory1748
obbligato1780
coerced1877
mandatory1891
shotgun1937
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxvii. 185 They are sooner wone by perswasion then forced by compulsatorie meanes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) i. i. 102 To recouer of vs by strong hand And termes Compulsatiue [1604 compulsatory], those foresaid Lands.
1690 J. Child Disc. Trade Pref. sig. A6v Without Compulsitory Laws.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxxi. 114 The step..was truly..compulsatory.
1827 J. Anderson Prize Ess. State Society in Highlands 88 The practice, partly voluntary, partly compulsatory.
Derivatives
comˈpulsatorily adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adverb]
constrainingly1382
compulsively1605
compulsorily1633
coactivelya1641
compellingly1654
necessitatingly1654
coercively1661
compulsatorily1748
compellably1818
compulsatively1844
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xiii. 29 He had compulsatorily..tricked me into the act of going off with him.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. ix. 320 Labouring wilfully in the field, with those who labour compulsatorily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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