forcement

See also: forcément

English

Etymology

force +‎ -ment

Noun

forcement

(obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
- 1607, John Webster, Thomas Dekker, Sir Thomas Wyat:
  It was imposed upon us by constraint; and will you count such forcement treachery?

References

“forcement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

coferment

French

Noun

forcement m (plural forcements)

fixing number; cooking the books

Further reading

“forcement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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