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† need-force Sc. Obs.
[f. need n. + force n.]
(on) need force, perforce, on compulsion, of necessity.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 165 [He] behovit for his honour on nede force to geve him bataill. Ibid. 177 Hame agayne behufis him gang on nede fors. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 67 Quhar for on neid forse, i vas constrenȝeit to be his sodiour. 1636Rutherford Lett. lxxi. (1862) I. 185 Their synagogue will need-force to cast me out. |