Middle English Dictionary Entry
fō̆rcīble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fō̆rcīble adj. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Powerful, violent, warlike; ~ entrē, the seizure of another's property by means of violence or threats of violence.
Associated quotations
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)178/28 : Oone forcible kynge of grete Pouer.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)p.214 : The kyngdam of heuene souffrith forcible and mighty assautes of vertu.
- (a1443) *Proc.Chanc.PRO ser.C 1 file 9no.466 : Thei had offendyd aȝenst the estatutz of forcible entrez.
- (?a1443) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.p.xxxiii : Men unknowen..assembled in forsible wyse arraied.
- (1447) RParl.5.137b : Peple inhabitaunt in divers Lordships in Wales..in forcible and riotus wise, taken distresses in other Lordshippes then where thei ben dwellynge.
- (1452) Paston2.257 : I wol take an accion, be your avis, of forsable entre in my name and my wifes for owre title.