\For"ci*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable
that may be forced.]
1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or
   energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.
         How forcible are right words!         --Job. vi. 2?.
         Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances,
         when broken.                          --Bacon.
         But I have reasons strong and forcible. --Shak.
         That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible
         to bridle sin.                        --Hooker.
         He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and
         ornamented.                           --Lowth
                                               (Transl. )
2. Violent; impetuous.
         Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined.
                                               --Prior.
3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by
   compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or
   abduction.
         In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust.
                                               --Swift.
{Forcible entry and detainer} (Law), the entering upon and
   taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual
   force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the
   hindrance of the person having the right to enter.
Syn: Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent;
     weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.