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adv
By constraint of circumstances; of necessity; as a matter of course.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: perforcely, perforcedly, necessarily, obligatorily, obligately, mandatorily, unavoidably, inevitably, ineluctably, inescapably
Antonyms: none provided
adv
By force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To force; to compel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adverb
by necessity; by force of circumstance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English par force, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French par force (“by force”).
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
