Webster's Dictionary 1913

2836

Force (3)

Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See Fort, n.] 1. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of stren...

2837

Force (4)

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, b...

2838

Force (5)

Force, v. i. 1. To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.Forcing with gifts to win his wanton heart. Spenser.2. To make a difficult matter of anything; to...

2839

Force pump

Force″ pump′ (?). (Mach.) (a) A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucke...

2840

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 force...

2841

Forceful

Force″ful (?), a. Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. — Force″ful‐ly, adv.Against the steed he threwHis forceful spear. Dryden.

2842

Forceless

Force″less, a. Having little or no force; feeble.These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak.

2843

Forcemeat

Force″meat′ (?), n. [Corrupt. for farce-meat, fr. F. farce stuffing. See Farce, n.] (Cookery) Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffin...

2844

Forcement

Force″ment (?), n. The act of forcing; compulsion.It was imposed upon us by constraint;And will you count such forcement treachery? J. Webster.

2845

Forceps

For″ceps (?), n. [L. forceps, -cipis, from the root of formus Hot + capere to take; akin to E. heave. Cf. Furnace.] 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, ...

2846

Forcer

For″cer (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, forces or drives.2. (Mech.) (a) The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump. (b) A small hand ...

2847

Forcible

For″ci‐ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable that may be forced.] 1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressi...

2848

Forcible-feeble

For″ci‐ble–fee′ble (?), a. [From Feeble, a character in the Second Part of Shakespeare's “King Henry IV.,” to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet “forcible.”] Seemingly...

2849

Forcibleness

For″ci‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being forcible.

2850

Forcibly

For″ci‐bly, adv. In a forcible manner.

2851

Forcing

For″cing (?), n. 1. The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.2. (Gardening) The art of raising plants, flowers, and fru...

2852

Forcipal

For″ci‐pal (?), a. Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps. Sir T. Browne.

2853

Forcipate

{ For″ci‐pate (?), For″ci‐pa′ted (?) }, a. Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth.

2854

Forcipation

For′ci‐pa″tion (?), n. Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. Bacon.

2855

Forcite

For″cite (?), n. [From 3d Force, n.] (Chem.) A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate.

2856

Forcut

For‐cut″ (?), v. t. To cut completely; to cut off. Chaucer.

2857

Ford

Ford (fōrd), n. [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. fjörðr bay, and to E. fare. √ 78. See Fare, v. i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.] 1. A place in a river, or other water, where ...

2858

Ford (2)

Ford, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Forded; p. pr. & vb. n.Fording.] To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through.His last section, which is no deep one, remains...

2859

Fordable

Ford″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being forded. — Ford″a‐ble‐ness, n.

2860

Fordless

Ford″less, a. Without a ford.A deep and fordless river. Mallock.

2861

Fordo

For‐do″ (?), v. t. [OE. fordon, AS. ford�n; pref. for- + d�n to do. See For-, and Do, v. i.] 1. To destroy; to undo; to ruin.This is the nightThat either makes me or fordoes me ...

2862

Fordone

For‐done″ (?), a. [See Fordo.] Undone; ruined. Spenser.