PERFORCE


Meaning of PERFORCE in English

_pə(r)+ adverb

Etymology: Middle English par force, from Middle French, from par by (from Latin per through, by) + force — more at for , force

1. obsolete : by physical coercion : forcibly

he rushed into my house and took perforce my ring away — Shakespeare

2. : by force of circumstances or of necessity : willy-nilly

steppe folk must … dwell perforce in skin tents or in subterranean shelters — V.G.Childe

antistatism and the distrust of governmental power have been perforce swept away in a world in which only the cohesive civilization can survive — Max Lerner

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.