† on-forcedadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Forced upon one, enforced.
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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
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 437 It would be sufficient to obstruct that on-forced [so edd. 1669, 1674; It. forzato] Donative, that hath brought me to live upon bread and onions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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