单词 | compellable |
释义 | compellableadj. Chiefly in legal use. 1. That may be compelled: a. to do something. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > able to be compelled compellable1530 forceable1574 constrainable1593 coercible1656 compulsible1660 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student x. f. xxv They were not compellable by no lawe to make amendes for the trespas. 1618–29 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 687 The King is not compellible to call his Parliament. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 185 Joint-tenants..are compellable by writ of partition to divide their lands. 1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 436 The Parishioners..are compellable to put things in decent order. b. to something (e.g. military service). ΚΠ 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lxx. 298 They are..not compelable to forraine service. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 455 The Laity are not compellable hereunto. c. absol. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > able to be compelled > to do something compellable1625 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 97 He doth it according to his Will, not compellable in the proper acts thereof. 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 7 The outward senses are patient, and therefore compellible. ΘΚΠ 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 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 25 The Register is voluntary, not compellable, so he that will Register may, and he that will not may chuse. Derivatives comˈpellably adv. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adverb] constrainingly1382 compulsively1605 compulsorily1633 coactivelya1641 compellingly1654 necessitatingly1654 coercively1661 compulsatorily1748 compellably1818 compulsatively1844 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Compellably, in a forcible manner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1530 |
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