† necessitatern.
Obsolete. rare.
= necessitator n.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > one who compels
constrainer1382
forcer1556
compellera1577
enforcer1580
duressora1626
necessitater1654
coercer1811
bulldozer1876
necessitator1904
arm-twister1915
1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica ii. f. 71v For the Necessitater is Commander..; but the Wil a servil instrument.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1654- to put upon his mettle
- to put upon issue
- to put upon record
- to put venture all one's eggs in one basket
- to put voodoo on
- to put water in a person's worts
- to put where the sun don't shine
- to put wise
- to put wise to
- to put with the stone
- to put words into a person's mouth
- to put years on a person
- to put yorkshire on one
- to put your heads together
- to put, drive, reduce, etc to the last shifts
- to put, etc, under the spear
- to put, lay, lay down or set a thing at stake or at the stake
- to put, lay, lay down or set at stake or at the stake
- to put, or speak with, one's tongue in one's cheek
- to put, set an edge upon
- to put, set an esteem, a high, low esteem upon
- to put, set esteem, a high, low esteem upon
- to put, set etc store upon
- to put, set great store upon
- to put, set one's shoulder to