Part 4474

<blockquote>Adam and first matron Eve Had ended now their orisons, and found <b>Strength</b> added from above, new hope to spring Out of despair. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Force</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>Force</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Forced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Forcing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>forcier</ets>, F. <ets>forcer</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>forciare</ets>, <ets>fortiare</ets>. See <er>Force</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, masters <ex>force</ex> slaves to labor</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To compel, as by strength of evidence; <as>as, to <ex>force</ex> conviction on the mind</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one;s will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>force</b> their monarch and insult the court. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I should have <b>forced</b> thee soon wish other arms. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>force</b> a spotless virgin's chastity. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as <i>along, <i>away</i>, <i>from</i>, <i>into</i>, <i>through</i>, <i>out</i>, etc.</def>

<blockquote>It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay That scarce the victor <b>forced</b> the steel away. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>force</b> the tyrant from his seat by war. <i>Sahk.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ethelbert ordered that none should be <b>forced</b> into religion. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>What can the church <b>force</b> more? <i>J. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; <as>as, to <ex>force</ex> a consient or metaphor; to <ex>force</ex> a laugh; to <ex>force</ex> fruits.</as></def>

<blockquote>High on a mounting wave my head I bore, <b>Forcing</b> my strength, and gathering to the shore. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Whist)</fld> <def>To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To provide with forces; to re\'89nforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>To allow the force of; to value; to care for.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>For me, I <b>force</b> not argument a straw. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To compel; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce; drive; press; impel.</syn>

<h1>Force</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>Force</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <mark>[Obs. in all the senses.]</mark> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.</def>

<blockquote><b>Forcing</b> with gifts to win his wanton heart. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, <i>to force of</i>, to make much account of; to regard.</def>

<blockquote>Your oath once broke, you <b>force</b> not to forswear. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>