forcement

See also: forcément

English

Etymology

From force +‎ -ment.

Noun

forcement

1. (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)

1. fixing number; cooking the books

Further reading

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