a. Also 6 inforcible, 9 enforcible. [f. ENFORCE v. + -ABLE.] Capable of being enforced. † Also = FORCIBLE.
1589. Marprel. Epit., C ij b. See … what may be brought to reproche the credit of such inforcible proofes.
a. 1677. Barrow, Sermon, VI. Wks. (1716), I. 49 (L.). Grounded upon plain testimonies of scripture, and enforcible by good reason.
1863. H. Cox, Instit., II. viii. 495. An obligation enforceable in equity.
1870. Contemp. Rev., XV. 555. Either party … may … get damages, enforceable by distress.
1875. Bryce, Holy Rom. Emp., xv. (ed. 5), 245. Feudal rights no longer enforcible.
