force

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/fɔːs/]

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1. force (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.

Example: Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.

2. force (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.

Example: Shall wee force the general law of nature, which in all living creatures under heaven is seene to tremble at paine?

3. force (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).

Example: It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay / That scarce the victor forced the steel away.

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