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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[LL.

compulsorius

Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.

This contribution threatening to fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it

compulsory

Burke.

Adj.

Having the power or quality of compelling; applying force; driving by violence; constraining.

In the correction of vicious propensities, it may be necessary to resort to compulsory measures.