compulsory

Definition

Required; obligatory; mandatory.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin compulsorius, from Latin compulsus. Displaced native Old English ġenīedelīċ.

Example Sentences

• "The ten-dollar fee was compulsory."
• "They are entirely private concerns, established by individual teachers, and attendance upon them is no more compulsory than attendance on our dispensaries."
• "Some might agree that membership in the firm is perhaps more compulsory than membership in a municipality, but balk at applying the analogy to the nation."

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