Chapter Forbiddance to Fordo of F by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

2. To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard.

Your oath once broke, you force not to forswear.

Shak.

I force not of such fooleries.

Camden.

3. To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.

It is not sufficient to have attained the name and dignity of a shepherd, not forcing how.

Udall.

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 forced laugh.

Forced draught. See under Draught. — Forced march (Mil.), a march of one or more days made with all possible speed.

— For"ced*ly adv. — For"ced*ness, n.

Forceful
(Force"ful) a. Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. — Force"ful*ly, adv.

Against the steed he threw
His forceful spear.

Dryden.

Forceless
(Force"less), a. Having little or no force; feeble.

These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me.

Shak.

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 stuffing. [Written also forced meat.]

Forcement
(Force"ment) n. The act of forcing; compulsion. [Obs.]

It was imposed upon us by constraint;
And will you count such forcement treachery?

J. Webster.

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, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.

2. (Zoöl.) The caudal forceps- shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.

Dressing forceps. See under Dressing.

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 bucket, or valved piston. (b) A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger.

Forcer
(For"cer) n.

1. One who, or that which, forces or drives.