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
- 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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