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Synonyms for perforce


Grammar : Adv
Spell : per-fawrs, -fohrs
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs



Définition of perforce

Origin :
  • early 14c., par force, from Old French par force (12c.), literally "by force" (see force). With Latin per substituted 17c. for French cognate par.
  • adv helplessly
Example sentences :
  • There we were, and there perforce we must remain till we reached our destination.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Kirkwood acceded, perforce; and bided his time with what tolerance he could muster.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • When he plunged through the doorway, Charlie perforce went right with him.
  • Extract from : « Flamedown » by Horace Brown Fyfe
  • But his vanity and weakness of character had perforce to triumph!
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • It is part of my punishment, and you, perforce, must bear witness.
  • Extract from : « Wanderer of Infinity » by Harl Vincent
  • The furniture they had taken with them; the wall paper had perforce been left behind.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Fancy these things, and the wife submitting to them, perforce!
  • Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
  • We perforce took our peeps at nature from behind the barriers.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • We must, perforce, 'monsieur' them, and salute them a league off as if they were their masters.
  • Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
  • His boyish fancy had perforce faded at seventeen, and he was now—pshaw!
  • Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)

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