First Known Use: 14th century
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perforce
adverb per·force \pər-ˈfȯrs\
—used to say that something is necessary or must be done
Full Definition of PERFORCE
1
obsolete : by physical coercion
2
: by force of circumstances
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Origin of PERFORCE
Middle English par force, from Anglo-French, by force
Related to PERFORCE
- Synonyms
- ineluctably, inescapably, inevitably, ipso facto, necessarily, needs, unavoidably
- Antonyms
- unnecessarily
Rhymes with PERFORCE
clotheshorse, concourse, crash course, dark horse, dawn horse, dead horse, deforce, discourse, divorce, dray horse, endorse, enforce, extrorse, golf course, gut course, high horse, introrse, iron horse, midcourse, of course, Old Norse, one-horse, packhorse, post-horse, racecourse, racehorse, recourse, redhorse, remorse, resource, retrorse, sawhorse, sea horse, stringcourse, trial horse, unhorse, warhorse, wheelhorse, Whitehorse, workhorse
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