perforce

[per-fawrs, -fohrs]

adverb

1. of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance.

   The story must perforce be true.

perforce

/ pəˈfɔːs /

adverb

1. by necessity; unavoidably

Word History and Origins

Origin of perforce¹

1300–50; per + force; replacing Middle English par force < Middle French

Word History and Origins

Origin of perforce¹

C14: from Old French par force; see _per , _force ¹

Example Sentences

Kirsten Menger-Anderson’s new book, “The Expert of Subtle Revisions,” does just that, while exploring the way history is perforce affected by how it is told and who does the telling.

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Even people’s pets were bought up, or perforce left behind.

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That was a closed-loop cemetery system: the nonnative Americans living here were perforce Spanish and Mexican, and Catholic, and often buried in mission graveyards.

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Methane is a carbon-based molecule, so many of the ingredients for life are perforce there.

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Elizabeth II was perforce a kind of cipher, less a personality than a series of roles, a virtually voiceless princess, a daughter, wife, mother, and at last queen.

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