Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract
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).
Torque is the rotational version of force.
A waterfall or cascade.
to see the falls or force of the river Kent
To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; 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.
Falls. used in place names.
A surname.
From Middle English force, fors, forse, from Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“...
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To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
Shall wee force the general law of nature, which in all living creatures under heaven is seene to tremble at paine?
To stuff; to lard; to farce.
Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit.