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Webster 1913 Edition


Compulsative

Com-pul′sa-tive

,
Adj.
[From L.
compulsare
, v. intens. of
compellere
. See
Compel
.]
Compulsatory.
[R.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Compulsative

COMPULSATIVE

,
Adj.
[L., See Compel.] Compelling; forcing; constraining; operating by force.

Definition 2024


compulsative

compulsative

English

Adjective

compulsative (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
    • Shakespeare, Hamlet I.i.
      Recover of us, by strong hand / And terms compulsative, those foresaid lands.