Definition of Forcing
1. n. The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.
Definition of Forcing
1. force [v] - See also: force
Medical Definition of Forcing
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1. The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.
2. The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat. Forcing bed or pit, a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding bottom heat for forcing plants; a hotbed.
3. Forcing house, a greenhouse for the forcing of plants, fruit trees, etc.
4. Forcing engine, a fire engine.
(06 Mar 1998)
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