perforce

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English par force, from Anglo-Norman

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pəˈfɔːs/, SAMPA: /p@"fO:s/
• (US) IPA: /pɚˈfɔɹs/, SAMPA: /p@`"fOrs/
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[edit] Adverb

perforce (not comparable)

1. (archaic) By force.
   • 1593 — William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act iii, scene 1 (First Folio)

     If ſhe denie, Lord Hastings goe with him,
     And from her iealous Armes pluck him perforce.

2. Necessarily.
   • 2006 — Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut, Immigrant America: A Portrait, 3rd ed., page 239

     Adult immigrants must perforce learn some English, and their children are likely to become English monolinguals.

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to perforce (third-person singular simple present perforces, present participle perforcing, simple past and past participle perforced)

1. (obsolete) To force; to compel.