单词 | enforcive |
释义 | † enforciveadj. Obsolete. 1. (a) Tending to enforce. (b) Urgent, forcible. 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 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades iv. 66 The Eagle..who seasde in her repayre: A sucking hind calfe: which shee trust in her enforciue seeres. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vi. 100 Why stirre yee thus so late Sustaine we such enforciue cause? 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 83 b With these and such like inforciue arguments the harts of his souldiors were greatly incouraged. 1693 T. Beverley True State Gospel Truth 6 Those Attributes of God, that are most enforcive of a gracious Answer. 2. As quasi-n. (nonce-use), after the analogy of motive: A means of compelling. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > agency or means of compulsorya1513 screw1618 wrench1622 compulsive1638 coercitive1651 coercive1651 enforcive1686 persuader1788 steamroller1896 1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xix. 560 If these Motives cannot prevail, God hath enforcives which shall. DerivativesΚΠ 1880 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. (citing Marston). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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