forçage, n.m., (coin.) overweight.
forçat, n.m., galley-slave, convict.
force, n.f., strength, might, force; forcibleness, power, authority; violence, constraint, necessity; command, vigor, energy, efficacy; fortitude, resolution; skill, cleverness, proficiency; (nav.) press (of sail). pl., troops, forces. Les —s lui manquent; his strength is failing him. Frapper de toute sa —; to strike with all one’s might. Être à bout de —s; to be done up. Mettre des —s sur pied; to raise forces. Assembler ses —s; to muster one’s forces. Les —s de terre; land forces. La — de la vérité; the power of truth. Céder à la — majeure; to yield to superior force. Dans toute la — du terme; in every sense of the word. De gré ou de —; whether you like it or no. — est restée à la loi; order was restored. User de —, employer la —; to use forcible means. Faire — de voiles; to crowd all sail. Faire — de rames; to row with all one’s might. Maison de —; house of correction, bridewell. Il n’a ni — ni vertu; he has neither valor nor virtue. À — de; by dint of. De —; a match for. De — à; strong enough to; equal to. À — de bras; by strength of arm. À — d’argent; with large sums of money. De —, par —; forcibly, by force, by forcible means. À toute —; absolutely, by all means, at all hazards. Travailler à —; to work hard. — me fut de; I was compelled to.
force, adv., much, a great quantity of, a great deal of; many, a great many, any number of. Je leur fis — compliments; I paid them any number of compliments. — gens; any number of people.
forcé, -e, part., forced, unnatural, strained, far-fetched; (man.) overreached; compulsory, unavoidable. C’est —; it is inevitable; it must happen. Vent —; (nav.) violent, boisterous wind.
forcément, adv., forcibly, by force, compulsorily; necessarily; inevitably.
forcement, n.m., forcing, compelling, compulsion; rape. — de recette; compulsion to refund.
forcené, -e, n. and adj., madman, mad-woman; furious, frantic, mad, passionate, infuriated; enraged.
forceps (-séps), n.m., (surg.) forceps.
forcer, v.a., to force, to compel, to constrain; to impel; to break open, to wrench, to wrest, to bend, to break through; to run down (hunt.). — une porte; to break open a door. — une clef; to force a key. — un cheval; to override or overdo a horse. — la nature; to force or outrage nature. — sa voix; to strain one’s voice. — les voiles; to crowd all sail. — les rames; to ply the oars. — le pas; to quicken one’s pace.