perforce

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Jewish people becomes, perforce, an external and artificial one.

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  1. adverb By necessity; by force of circumstance.

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  • So, perforce, our hero could only have an audience with his lady The same glossing over of unpalatable truths--the same quiet-breathing counsel--the same tranquil sort of hopefulness--fully satisfied the lover that his cause was gained. —  Heart A Social Novel
  • This Aoyama poses as a misogynist, takes a wife--perforce, and charges those of us who like women with effeminacy. —  Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2
  • "He'll give Manuel enough dust to buy what I need; and I ought to let him know how we made out, anyway A blank leaf from the little memorandum book he always carried, and a bullet for pencil--perforce, the note was brief; but it told what he wanted: gold to buy a riding outfit, his pistols which Perkins had taken from him, and news of Bill's well-being. —  The Gringos
  • These people are called criminals; and, perforce, they square accounts with Justice. —  Eve and David
  • The men toiled in the mines and fields--perforce they were no more than slaves. —  The Iron Heel
 

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  1. Middle English par force, from Old French : par, by (from Latin per; see per) + force, force; see force.

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  1. from Middle English parforce, from Old French (and F.) par force = Spanish por fuerza = Portuguese por força = Italian per forza, by force, from Latin per, by, + Middle Latin fortia, force: see. force.
  2. from perforce, adv., after force, v.
 

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