I . n.
1.
Strength ( regarded as active ), power, might, energy, vigor.
2.
Efficacy, efficiency, potency, validity, cogency, virtue, agency.
3.
Violence, compulsion, coercion, constraint, en~ment.
4.
[ Most frequently in pl. ] Army, troop, legion, host, squadron, phalanx, battalion.
II . v. a.
1.
Compel, coerce, constrain, necessitate.
2.
Impel, drive, urge, press.
3.
Ravish, violate, constuprate, commit a rape on.