perforce

[ per-fawrs, -fohrs ]

/ pərˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs /

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adverb

of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance: The story must perforce be true.

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Origin of perforce

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

Words nearby perforce

perforate, perforated, perforated tape, perforation, perforation gauge, perforce, perforin, perform, performance, performance appraisal, performance art

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How to use perforce in a sentence

That hope also went, perforce, into the deeply compromised political system that Obama would lead.
Progressive-palooza: On Obama, Occupy, and Moral Monday|Jedediah Purdy|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Its use, in place of the hard and empty-toned Diapasons to which we had perforce become accustomed, is rapidly growing.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
This in English would be meaningless, and was perforce replaced by what seems to be a fair equivalent.
Cyrano de Bergerac|Edmond Rostand
The fevered mules plunged in headlong and drank greedily; the riders were perforce obliged to slake their thirst after them.
Overland|John William De Forest

Had they spoken she would perforce have believed them; but then, as she herself said, it would have made "so little difference."
With Edged Tools|Henry Seton Merriman
The Author of his own Memoirs must perforce speak frequently, nay constantly, about himself.
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music|Charles Gounod

British Dictionary definitions for perforce

perforce

/ (pəˈfɔːs) /

adverb

by necessity; unavoidably

Word Origin for perforce

C14: from Old French par force; see per, force 1

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