Powerful; strong; mighty; as a punishment forcible to bridle sin.

Violent; impetuous; driving forward with force; as a forcible stream.

Efficacious; active; powerful. Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances when broken.

Powerful; acting with force; impressive; as forcible words or arguments.

Containing force; acting by violence; as forcible means.

Done by force; suffered by force. The abdication of James, his advocates hold to have been forcible.

Valid; binding; obligatory.

In law, forcible entry is an actual violent entry into houses or lands. Forcible detainer, is a violent withholding of the landsof another from his possession. Forcible abduction, is the act of taking away wrongfully, as a child without the consent of the father, a ward without the consent of the guardian, or any person contrary to his or her will.