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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Force \Force\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forcing}.] [OF. forcier, F. forcer, fr. LL. forciare, fortiare. See {Force}, n.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind. [1913 Webster] 3. To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one's will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon. [1913 Webster] To force their monarch and insult the court. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] I should have forced thee soon wish other arms. --Milton. [1913 Webster] To force a spotless virgin's chastity. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To obtain, overcome, or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress; as, to force the castle; to force a lock. [1913 Webster] 5. To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc. [1913 Webster] It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay That scarce the victor forced the steel away. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] To force the tyrant from his seat by war. --Sahk. [1913 Webster] Ethelbert ordered that none should be forced into religion. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 6. To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] What can the church force more? --J. Webster. [1913 Webster] 7. 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. [1913 Webster] High on a mounting wave my head I bore, Forcing my strength, and gathering to the shore. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 8. (Whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none. [1913 Webster] 9. To provide with forces; to re["e]nforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 10. To allow the force of; to value; to care for. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] For me, I force not argument a straw. --Shak. Syn: To compel; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce; drive; press; impel. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Forced \Forced\, a. Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. [1913 Webster] {Forced draught}. See under {Draught}. {Forced march} (Mil.), a march of one or more days made with all possible speed. -- {For"ced*ly}, adv. -- {For"ced*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: forced adj 1: produced by or subjected to forcing; "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators" 2: forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor" 3: made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing" 4: lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile" [syn: {constrained}, {forced}, {strained}]