English Explanatory Dictionary

perforce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. By constraint of circumstances; of necessity; as a matter of course.
  2. By force.
verb
  1. To force; to compel.

Pronunciation

/pəˈfɔːs/ /pɚˈfɔɹs/ en-us-perforce.ogg

Word forms

perforce perforces perforcing perforced

Etymology

From Middle English par force, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French par force (“by force”).

Synonyms

perforcely perforcedly necessarily obligatorily obligately mandatorily unavoidably inevitably ineluctably inescapably
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