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单词 forcement
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forcementn.

/ˈfɔːsmənt/
Etymology: < French forcement < force-r : see force v.1 and -ment suffix.
1.
a. Strengthening; in quot. figurative encouragement. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun] > an instance of encouragement
heartinga1325
forcement1533
boldening1575
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 314 Thir wourdis gif..grete audacite and forcement to the Volschis.
b. concrete. Something which strengthens; a fortification. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun]
workeOE
forcementa1382
strengtha1382
strengthinga1382
warding1382
closurea1400
bulwarkc1418
propugnaclea1460
fortification1489
munition?c1500
tuition1513
fortifying1523
furniture1577
munificence1596
bloccuz1600
burg-ward1753
propugnaculum1864
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxv. 12 And the forsemens, or strengthis [L. munimenta] of thin heȝe walles shul togidere falle, and be lowid.
2. An act of deforcement: see deforcement n. 2.
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1479 Act. Dom. Conc. (1839) 33 Vnlawis of grenewod, mureburne, forsmentis.
3. Compulsion; also, a compelling motive.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun]
needeOE
distressc1384
force1387
stressc1390
artingc1400
coactionc1400
constrainauncec1400
compulsion1462
enforcement1477
coercion1495
forcement1524
enforcing1531
strain1532
constraint1533
coercement1592
constrainment1593
duress1596
compulse1616
obligement1641
cogency1702
coercive control1827
steamrolling1879
compression1880
1524 R. Pace Let. 5 Aug. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xi. 20 Without great forcement to go bolt upright, wee could not avoide to fal down headlyng.
a1556 T. Cranmer in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 691 Al that Derame dyd unto her, was of his importune forcement.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xi. f. 139v Thyne owne renowme, thy grandsyre Ioue are forcements therevnto.
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. F2 It was imposde vpon vs by constraint..And will you count such forcement treacherie?
1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. vi. 21 They have seene a Deare leape three score feet at little or no forcement.
4. Gunnery. (See quot. 1892.)
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1892 Field 10 Dec. 915/2 Neither the diameter of the chamber nor the ‘forcement’ of the projectiles has any primary influence on the recoil. note, This is a French word, for which we have no English equivalent..it has, however, been Anglicised, and is now generally used in gunnery treatises. Its signification is the excess of diameter of the projectile over that of the bore.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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