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Definition of
perforce adverb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
perforce
adverb
adverb
NAmE
/
/
pərˈfɔrs
/
/
(
old use
or
formal
)
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because it is necessary or cannot be avoided
synonym
necessarily
They had perforce to abandon the attempt on the summit.
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perforce
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