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Today's Word "perforce"

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perforce \pur-FORS\ (adverb) - By necessity; by force of circumstance.

"Should it actually come to pass, even those who followed every twist and turn of the process will perforce rub their eyes, incredulous that such a man could be elected to such a high office."

 

Perforce comes from French par force, "by force."


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