a. Obs. Also 7–8 compulsitory. [f. as prec. + -ORY.] Of the nature of characterized by, or subject to compulsion; compulsory.
1603. [see COMPULSATIVE.].
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, III. xxvi. (1611), 185. They are sooner wone by perswasion then forced by compulsatorie meanes.
1694. Child, Disc. Trade, Pref. (ed. 4), 12. Without compulsitory laws.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), VI. 247. The step … was truly … compulsatory.
1827. J. Anderson, Soc. & Knowl. Highl., 88. The practice, partly voluntary, partly compulsatory.
Hence Compulsatorily adv.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), VI. xxxviii. 141. He had compulsatorily … tricked me into the act of going with him.
1782. Miss Burney, Cecilia, VIII. v. Labouring wilfully in the field, with those who labour compulsatorily.
