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Webster 1913 Edition


Forced

Forced

,
Adj.
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.
For′ced-ly
(#)
,
adv.
For′ced-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Forced

FORCED

, pp.
1.
Compelled; impelled; driven by violence; urged; stormed; ravished.
2.
a. Affected; overstrained; unnatural; as a forced style.

Definition 2024


forced

forced

English

Verb

forced

  1. simple past tense and past participle of force

Adjective

forced (comparative more forced, superlative most forced)

  1. Obtained forcefully, not naturally.
    Her forced smile was harder and harder to keep as her critical father kept on complaining about her.
  2. Opened or accessed using force.

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