force perforce Old form(s): forc'd
with violent compulsion
2H4 IV.i.114[Mowbray to Westmorland, of Mowbray's father] The King that loved him ... / Was force perforce compelled to banish him
2H4 IV.iv.46[King Henry IV to Clarence, of his brothers] their blood, / Mingled with venom of suggestion, / As force perforce the age will pour it in
2H6 I.i.256[York alone, of Lancaster] force perforce I'll make him yield the crown
KJ III.i.142[Cardinal Pandulph to King John, demanding for the Pope] Why thou ... force perforce / Keep Stephen Langton, chosen Archbishop / Of Canterbury, from that holy see
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