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FORCE, n. [L. fortis. All words denoting force, power, strength, are from verbs which express straining, or driving, rushing, and this word has the elements of L. vireo.] 1. Strength; active power; vigor; might; energy that may be exerted; that physical property in a body which may produce action or motion in another body, or may counteract such motion. By the force of the muscles we raise a weight, or resist an assault.2. Momentum; the quantity of power produced by motion or the action of one body on another; as the force of a cannon ball.3. That which causes an operation or moral effect; strength; energy; as the force of the mind, will or understanding.4. Violence; power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power. Let conquerors consider that force alone can keep what force as obtained.5. Strength; moral power to convince the mind. There is great force in an argument.6. Virtue; efficacy. No presumption or hypothesis can be of force enough to overthrow constant experience.7. Validity; power to bind or hold. If the conditions of a covenant are not fulfilled, the contract is of no force. A testament is of force after the testator is dead. Heb. 9:17.8. Strength or power for war; armament; troops; an army or navy; as a military or naval force: sometimes in the plural; as military forces.9. Destiny; necessity; compulsion; any extraneous power to which men are subject; as the force of fate or of divine decrees.10. Internal power; as the force of habit.11. In law, any unlawful violence to person or property. This is simple, when no other crime attends it, as the entering into another's possession, without committing any other unlawful act. It is compound, when some other violence or unlawful act is committed. The law also implies force, as when a person enters a house or inclosure lawfully, but afterwards does an unlawful act. In this case, the law supposes the first entrance to be for that purpose, and therefore by force.Physical force, is the force of material bodies.Moral force, is the power of acting on the reason in judging and determining.Mechanical force, is the power that belongs to bodies at rest or in motion. The pressure or tension of bodies at rest is called a mechanical force, and so is the power of a body in motion. There is also the force of gravity or attraction, centrifugal and centripetal forces, expansive force, &c.FORCE, v.t. 1. To compel; to constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible. Men are forced to submit to conquerors. Masters force their slaves to labor.2. To overpower by strength.I should have forced thee soon with other arms.3. To impel; to press; to drive; to draw or push by main strength; a sense of very extensive use; as, to force along a wagon or a ship; to force away a man's arms; water forces its way through a narrow channel; a man may be forced out of his possessions.4. To enforce; to urge; to press.Forcing my strength, and gathering to the shore.5. To compel by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind; to force one to acknowledge the truth of a proposition.6. To storm; to assault and take by violence; as, to force a town or fort.7. To ravish; to violate by force, as a female.8. To overstrain; to distort; as a forced conceit.9. To cause to produce ripe fruit prematurely, as a tree; or to cause to ripen prematurely, as fruit.10. To man; to strengthen by soldiers; to garrison. Obs.To force from, to wrest from; to extort.To force out, to drive out; to compel to issue out or to leave; also, to extort.To force wine, is to fine it by a short process, or in a short time.To force plants, is to urge the growth of plants by artificial heat.To force meat, is to stuff it.FORCE, v.i. 1. To lay stress on. Obs.2. To strive. Obs.3. To use violence.
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FORCE, n. [L. fortis. All words denoting force, power, strength, are from verbs which express straining, or driving, rushing, and this word has the elements of L. vireo.] 1. Strength; active power; vigor; might; energy that may be exerted; that physical property in a body which may produce action or motion in another body, or may counteract such motion. By the force of the muscles we raise a weight, or resist an assault.2. Momentum; the quantity of power produced by motion or the action of one body on another; as the force of a cannon ball.3. That which causes an operation or moral effect; strength; energy; as the force of the mind, will or understanding.4. Violence; power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power. Let conquerors consider that force alone can keep what force as obtained.5. Strength; moral power to convince the mind. There is great force in an argument.6. Virtue; efficacy. No presumption or hypothesis can be of force enough to overthrow constant experience.7. Validity; power to bind or hold. If the conditions of a covenant are not fulfilled, the contract is of no force. A testament is of force after the testator is dead. Heb. 9:17.8. Strength or power for war; armament; troops; an army or navy; as a military or naval force: sometimes in the plural; as military forces.9. Destiny; necessity; compulsion; any extraneous power to which men are subject; as the force of fate or of divine decrees.10. Internal power; as the force of habit.11. In law, any unlawful violence to person or property. This is simple, when no other crime attends it, as the entering into another's possession, without committing any other unlawful act. It is compound, when some other violence or unlawful act is committed. The law also implies force, as when a person enters a house or inclosure lawfully, but afterwards does an unlawful act. In this case, the law supposes the first entrance to be for that purpose, and therefore by force.Physical force, is the force of material bodies.Moral force, is the power of acting on the reason in judging and determining.Mechanical force, is the power that belongs to bodies at rest or in motion. The pressure or tension of bodies at rest is called a mechanical force, and so is the power of a body in motion. There is also the force of gravity or attraction, centrifugal and centripetal forces, expansive force, &c.FORCE, v.t. 1. To compel; to constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible. Men are forced to submit to conquerors. Masters force their slaves to labor.2. To overpower by strength.I should have forced thee soon with other arms.3. To impel; to press; to drive; to draw or push by main strength; a sense of very extensive use; as, to force along a wagon or a ship; to force away a man's arms; water forces its way through a narrow channel; a man may be forced out of his possessions.4. To enforce; to urge; to press.Forcing my strength, and gathering to the shore.5. To compel by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind; to force one to acknowledge the truth of a proposition.6. To storm; to assault and take by violence; as, to force a town or fort.7. To ravish; to violate by force, as a female.8. To overstrain; to distort; as a forced conceit.9. To cause to produce ripe fruit prematurely, as a tree; or to cause to ripen prematurely, as fruit.10. To man; to strengthen by soldiers; to garrison. Obs.To force from, to wrest from; to extort.To force out, to drive out; to compel to issue out or to leave; also, to extort.To force wine, is to fine it by a short process, or in a short time.To force plants, is to urge the growth of plants by artificial heat.To force meat, is to stuff it.FORCE, v.i. 1. To lay stress on. Obs.2. To strive. Obs.3. To use violence. | FORCE, n. [Fr. force; It. forza; Sp. fuerza; Port. força; from L. fortis. All words denoting force, power, strength are from verbs which express straining, or driving, rushing, and this word has the elements of Sax. faran, and L. vireo.]- Strength; active power; vigor; might; energy that may be exerted; that physical property in a body which may produce action or motion in another body, or may counteract such action. By the force of the muscles we raise a weight, or resist an assault.
- Momentum; the quantity of power produced by motion or the action of one body on another; as, the force of a cannon ball.
- That which causes an operation or moral effect; strength; energy; as, the force of the mind, will or understanding.
- Violence; power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power. Let conquerors consider that force alone can keep what force has obtained.
- Strength; moral power to convince the mind. There is great force in an argument.
- Virtue; efficacy. No presumption or hypothesis can be of force enough to overthrow constant experience.
- Validity; power to bind or hold. If the conditions of a covenant are not fulfilled, the contract is of no force. A testament is of force after the testator is dead. Heb. ix. 17.
- Strength or power for war; armament; troops; an army or navy; as, a military or naval force: sometimes in the plural; as, military forces.
- Destiny; necessity; compulsion; any extraneous power to which men are subject; as, the force of fate or of divine decrees.
- Internal power; as, the force of habit.
- In law, any unlawful violence to person or property. This is simple, when no other crime attends it, as the entering into another's possession, without committing any other unlawful act. It is compound, when some other violence or unlawful set is committed. The law also implies force, as when a person enters a house or inclosure lawfully, but afterward does on unlawful act. In this case, the law supposes the first entrance to be for that purpose, and therefore by force. Physical force, is the force of material bodies.
Moral force, is the power of acting on the reason in judging and determining.
Mechanical force, is the power that belongs to bodies at rest or in motion. The pressure or tension of bodies at rest is called a mechanical force, and so is the power of a body in motion. There is also the force of gravity or attraction, centrifugal and centripetal forces, expansive force, &c.
FORCE, v.i.- To lay stress on. [Obs.] Camden.
- To strive. [Obs.] Spenser.
- To use violence. Spenser.
FORCE, v.t.- To compel; to constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible. Men are forced to submit to conquerors. Masters force their slaves to labor.
- To overpower by strength.
I should have forced thee soon with other arms. Milton.
- To impel; to press; to drive; to draw or push by main strength; a sense of very extensive use; as, to force along a wagon or a ship; to force away a man's arms; water forces its way through a narrow channel; a man may be forced out of his possessions.
- To enforce; to urge; to press.
Forcing my strength, and gathering to the shore. Dryden.
- To compel by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind; to force one to acknowledge the truth of a proposition.
- To storm; to assault and take by violence; as, to force a town or fort.
- To ravish; to violate by force, as a female.
- To overstrain; to distort; as, a forced conceit.
- To cause to produce ripe fruit prematurely, as a tree; or to cause to ripen prematurely, as fruit.
- To man; to strengthen by soldiers; to garrison. [Obs.] Shak. Ralegh.
To force from, to wrest from; to extort
To force out, to drive out; to compel to issue out or to leave; also, to extort.
To force wine, is to fine it by a short process, or in a short time.
To force plants, is to urge the growth of plants by artificial heat.
To force meat, is to stuff it.
| Force
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
- A waterfall; a
cascade.
- Strength
or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an
unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an
influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or
convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special
signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a
contract, or a term.
- 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, masters
force slaves to labor.
- To use violence; to make violent effort; to
strive; to endeavor.
- Power exerted against will or consent;
compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- To compel, as by strength of evidence; as,
to force conviction on the mind.
- To make a difficult matter of anything; to
labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account
of; to regard.
- Strength or power for war; hence, a body
of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for
action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the
plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as,
the laboring force of a plantation.
- To do violence to; to overpower, or to
compel by violence to one's will; especially, to ravish; to violate;
to commit rape upon.
- To be of force, importance, or weight; to
matter.
- Strength
or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or
things; violence.
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by
violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm,
as a fortress.
- Any action between two
bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as
to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to
change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical,
thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as,
the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal
force.
- To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc.,
by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as
along, away, from, into, through,
out, etc.
- To put in force; to cause to be executed;
to make binding; to enforce.
- To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to
strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to
produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a conceit or
metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits.
- To compel (an adversary or
partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has
none.
- To provide with forces; to reënforce;
to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
- To allow the force of; to value; to care
for.
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Force FORCE, noun [Latin fortis. All words denoting force power, strength, are from verbs which express straining, or driving, rushing, and this word has the elements of Latin vireo.] 1. Strength; active power; vigor; might; energy that may be exerted; that physical property in a body which may produce action or motion in another body, or may counteract such motion. By the force of the muscles we raise a weight, or resist an assault. 2. Momentum; the quantity of power produced by motion or the action of one body on another; as the force of a cannon ball. 3. That which causes an operation or moral effect; strength; energy; as the force of the mind, will or understanding. 4. Violence; power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power. Let conquerors consider that force alone can keep what force as obtained. 5. Strength; moral power to convince the mind. There is great force in an argument. 6. Virtue; efficacy. No presumption or hypothesis can be of force enough to overthrow constant experience. 7. Validity; power to bind or hold. If the conditions of a covenant are not fulfilled, the contract is of no force A testament is of force after the testator is dead. Hebrews 9:17. 8. Strength or power for war; armament; troops; an army or navy; as a military or naval force:sometimes in the plural; as military forces. 9. Destiny; necessity; compulsion; any extraneous power to which men are subject; as the force of fate or of divine decrees. 10. Internal power; as the force of habit. 11. In law, any unlawful violence to person or property. This is simple, when no other crime attends it, as the entering into another's possession, without committing any other unlawful act. It is compound, when some other violence or unlawful act is committed. The law also implies force as when a person enters a house or inclosure lawfully, but afterwards does an unlawful act. In this case, the law supposes the first entrance to be for that purpose, and therefore by force Physical force is the force of material bodies. Moral force is the power of acting on the reason in judging and determining. Mechanical force is the power that belongs to bodies at rest or in motion. The pressure or tension of bodies at rest is called a mechanical force and so is the power of a body in motion. There is also the force of gravity or attraction, centrifugal and centripetal forces, expansive force etc. FORCE, verb transitive 1. To compel; to constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible. Men are forced to submit to conquerors. Masters force their slaves to labor. 2. To overpower by strength. I should have forced thee soon with other arms. 3. To impel; to press; to drive; to draw or push by main strength; a sense of very extensive use; as, to force along a wagon or a ship; to force away a man's arms; water forces its way through a narrow channel; a man may be forced out of his possessions. 4. To enforce; to urge; to press. Forcing my strength, and gathering to the shore. 5. To compel by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind; to force one to acknowledge the truth of a proposition. 6. To storm; to assault and take by violence; as, to force a town or fort. 7. To ravish; to violate by force as a female. 8. To overstrain; to distort; as a forced conceit. 9. To cause to produce ripe fruit prematurely, as a tree; or to cause to ripen prematurely, as fruit. 10. To man; to strengthen by soldiers; to garrison. obsolete To force from, to wrest from; to extort. To force out, to drive out; to compel to issue out or to leave; also, to extort. To force wine, is to fine it by a short process, or in a short time. To force plants, is to urge the growth of plants by artificial heat. To force meat, is to stuff it. FORCE, verb intransitive 1. To lay stress on. obsolete 2. To strive. obsolete 3. To use violence.
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