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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Force \Force\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forced}; p. pr & vb n. {Forcing}.] [OF. forcier, F. forcer, fr LL forciare fortiare See {Force}, n.] 1. To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means to coerce; as masters force slaves to labor. 2. To compel, as by strength of evidence; as to force conviction on the mind. 3. To do violence to to overpower, or to compel by violence to one;s will especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon To force their monarch and insult the court. --Dryden. I should have forced thee soon wish other arms. --Milton. To force a spotless virgin's chastity. --Shak. 4. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress. 5. To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as along away from into through out etc It stuck so fast so deeply buried lay That scarce the victor forced the steel away --Dryden. To force the tyrant from his seat by war. --Sahk. Ethelbert ordered that none should be forced into religion. --Fuller. 6. To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce. [Obs.] What can the church force more? --J. Webster. 7. To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action to produce by unnatural effort; as to force a consient or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits. High on a mounting wave my head I bore, Forcing my strength, and gathering to the shore. --Dryden. 8. (Whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none. 9. To provide with forces; to re["e]nforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison. [Obs.] --Shak. 10. To allow the force of to value; to care for [Obs.] For me I force not argument a straw. --Shak. Syn: To compel; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce; drive; press; impel. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Forced \Forced\, a. Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as a forced style; a forced laugh. {Forced draught}. See under {Draught}. {Forced march} (Mil.), a march of one or more days made with all possible speed. -- {For"ced*ly}, adv -- {For"ced*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: forced adj 1: produced by or subjected to forcing: "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators" 2: forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor" 3: made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing" [syn: {unexpected}] 4: lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile" [syn: {constrained}, {strained}]
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