compulsion (1308-09)
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compulsion (1308-09)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,991b compulsare; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,142c compulsion; TL: 6,640 compulsïon; DEAF:  compulsïon; DMF:  compulsion; TLF:  compulsion; OED:  compulsion n.; MED:  compulsion n.; DMLBS: 413b compulsio ]
compulcion,  compulsioun  

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1compulsion, force: 
( 1308-09 )  le Viscunte par compulsion e greveuses destresces fet les tenauns […] presenter devant ly […]  i 279
( 1361 )  et les sumetons a la jurisdiction, contreint et compulsion de tous juges et cours seculaires et de sainte eglise  145
( 1382 )  toutes feoffementz faitz […] par compulsion & manace  ii 20 vi
( 1399 )  par compulcion, batries, manasses  iii 442
faire compulsion
1to compel, force: 
( 1341 )  faire compulsion par censures de seint eglise pur le peché, de faire restitucion des usures  i 296 v
♦to use force: 
( 1340 )  il ad entré nostre franchise et fait compulsion  14-15 Ed III 97
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