efforce
See also: efforcé
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French efforcer.
Verb
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- (obsolete, reflexive) To force oneself.
- (obsolete, transitive) To force, force open; to acquire by force.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- huge great yron chests and coffers strong, / All bard with double bends, that none could weene / Them to efforce by violence or wrong […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
French
Verb
efforce