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Webster 1913 Edition
Efforce
Ef-force
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Efforced
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Efforcing
.] [OF.
esforcier
(F. s’efforcer
to exert one's self), LL. exforciare
; L. ex
+ fortis
strong. See Force
.] To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Efforce
EFFO'RCE
, v.t.1.
To force; to break through by violence.2.
To force; to ravish.3.
To strain; to exert with effort.[This word is now rarely used; perhaps never, except in poetry. We now use force.]