force

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Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

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which now they hold by force, and not by right

Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
(quote-journal)| volume=100| issue=2| page=112-3| magazine=(w)| title=Opening Doors| passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.
A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
1611, (w), ''(w)''

Is Lucius general of the forces?

(RQ:Hough Purchase Price)."
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(senseid) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
Legal validity.
Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
(quote-book)
|often|capitalized(topics) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional ''(w)'' universe created by (w). (n-g) (defdate)
(quote-journal)
(quote-av)|role=(w)|title=(w)|writer=(w)|year=2005|year_published=2005|text=The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
(synonym of)
To violate (a woman); to rape. (defdate)
(RQ:Mlry MrtDrthr)
(RQ:Florio Montaigne Essayes).
To exert oneself, to do one's utmost. (defdate)
(RQ:Mlry MrtArthr2)

And I pray you for my sake to force yourselff there, that men may speke you worshyp.

To compel (someone or something) (m) do something. (defdate)
(RQ:Hough Purchase Price)felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,(nb..); he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
2011, Tim Webb & Fiona Harvey, ''The Guardian'', 23 March:

Housebuilders had warned that the higher costs involved would have forced them to build fewer homes and priced many homebuyers out of the market.

To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of. (defdate)
(RQ:Florio Montaigne Essayes)
To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb). (defdate)
(RQ:Dryden Aenei)

It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay / That scarce the victor forced the steel away.

Ethelbert (..)ordered that none should be forced into religion.

In a groundbreaking move, the Pentagon is compensating servicemen seriously hurt when an American tank convoy forced them off the road.

To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force. (defdate)
2009, "All things to Althingi", ''(w)'', 23 July:

The second problem is the economy, the shocking state of which has forced the decision to apply to the EU.

To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.). (defdate)
To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
(RQ:Webster Malfi)
To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
(RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth)
To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
(RQ:Shakespeare Lucrece)
A waterfall or cascade.
1778, (w), ''A Guide to the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire''

to see the falls or force of the river Kent