单词 | efforce |
释义 | † efforcen. Obsolete. rare. A violent means. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force strong handOE strengthOE strenghc1300 violencec1300 mightc1325 stuntisea1327 forcea1340 enforcing138. forcinga1382 forcenessc1400 violation?c1500 efforce1549 enforcement1577 Stafford law1589 vexation1605 club-law1612 aspertee1660 physical force1716 strong arm1836 savaging1858 muscle1879 strong-arming1906 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Pj Woulde they so manfully defende and kepe it, both with swoorde, with poyson, and with all other efforce. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). efforcev.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself [verb (reflexive)] afforcec1300 enforcec1386 virtuea1393 endeavourc1400 naitc1400 envirtue1477 exploit1490 to put it forthc1500 constrainc1510 efforce1512 lay1535 evirtuate1642 to exert oneself1736 hump1835 spread1843 to put about1983 1512 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Coll. Early Prose Romances (1828) III. 31 Everiche of the company efforced them to doo honour. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. iii. f. 105v/2 Manye efforce them selues to make argumentes to be contrarye. 2. transitive. In Spenser's use: To force open, to gain by force, to compel; also, to efforce it. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > produce or obtain by compulsion or force enforce1531 constrain?c1583 efforce1590 violent1650 compel1673 coercea1850 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S5v Yron chests and coffers..Them to efforce by violence or wrong. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. sig. Ll2 Affray with cruell threat, Ere that we to efforce it doe begin. 1596 E. Spenser Faerie Queene (new ed.) iii. xii. sig. Oo7v Th'Enchaunter..all that fraud did frame, To haue efforst the loue of that faire lasse. 3. To force out, tear out by force. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > pull out or up > violently tear out or up ruska1300 off-teara1393 ripa1400 whop14.. rivea1425 ravec1450 reavec1450 esrache1477 to plough out1591 uptear1593 outrive1598 ramp1607 upthrow1627 tear1667 to tear up1709 evulse1827 efforce1855 tear-out1976 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 91 Standing corn, From lowest roots aloft efforced. Derivatives eˈfforced adj. uttered with effort. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > shrill or forced shrillc1386 shirl1418 straineda1542 treble1550 efforced1590 shrilly1594 minikin1602 stridulous1646 feigned1664 extended1699 pipy1769 falsetto1826 screechy1834 stridulent1874 roofy1897 taut1916 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. T3 Againe he heard a more efforced voyce. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1549v.1512 |
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