FORCING, ppr.
1. Compelling impelling driving storming ravishing.
2. Causing to ripen before the natural season, as fruit or causing to produce ripe fruit prematurely, as a tree.
3. Fining wine by a speedy process.
FORCING, n.
1. In gardening, the art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits, at an earlier season than the natural one, by artificial heat.
2. The operation of fining wines by a speedy process.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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