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English Dictionary: forced	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for forced
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forced adj produced by or subjected to forcing; "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators" forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor" made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing" lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile" Synonym(s): constrained, forced, strained
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Force \Force\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forcing}.] [OF. forcier, F. forcer, fr. LL. forciare, fortiare. See {Force}, n.] 1. To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor. 2. To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind. 3. To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one;s will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon. To force their monarch and insult the court. --Dryden. I should have forced thee soon wish other arms. --Milton. To force a spotless virgin's chastity. --Shak. 4. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress. 5. To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc. It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay That scarce the victor forced the steel away. --Dryden. To force the tyrant from his seat by war. --Sahk. Ethelbert ordered that none should be forced into religion. --Fuller. 6. To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce. [Obs.] What can the church force more? --J. Webster. 7. To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a consient or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits. High on a mounting wave my head I bore, Forcing my strength, and gathering to the shore. --Dryden. 8. (Whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none. 9. To provide with forces; to re[89]nforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison. [Obs.] --Shak. 10. To allow the force of; to value; to care for. [Obs.] For me, I force not argument a straw. --Shak. Syn: To compel; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce; drive; press; impel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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"cedly}, adv. -- {For"cedness}, n.