perforce

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   By constraint of circumstances; of necessity; as a matter of course.

   Mr. Wickham's happiness and her own were perforce delayed a little longer, and Mr. Collins's proposal accepted with as good a grace as she could..

2. 2
   adv

   By force.

   If ſhe denie, Lord Hastings goe with him, And from her iealous Armes pluck him perforce.

3. 3
   adv

   by necessity

4. 4
   verb

   To force; to compel.

From Middle English par force, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French par force (“by force”).

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