perforce

[ per-fawrs, -fohrs ]

adverb

1. of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance:

   The story must perforce be true.

perforce

/ pəˈfɔːs /

adverb

1. by necessity; unavoidably

Word History and Origins

Origin of perforce¹

1300–50; per + force; replacing Middle English par force < Middle French

Word History and Origins

Origin of perforce¹

C14: from Old French par force; see per , force ¹

Example Sentences

That was a closed-loop cemetery system: the nonnative Americans living here were perforce Spanish and Mexican, and Catholic, and often buried in mission graveyards.

From Los Angeles Times

Methane is a carbon-based molecule, so many of the ingredients for life are perforce there.

From Scientific American

Elizabeth II was perforce a kind of cipher, less a personality than a series of roles, a virtually voiceless princess, a daughter, wife, mother, and at last queen.

From Los Angeles Times

The candidates’ voting records speak for themselves, but to suggest they were seen by the Democratic Party as a whole, and perforce by all Democratic registered voters, as “weak” is a disservice to readers.

From Washington Post

Any excerpt, though, will perforce be more satisfying than the sum of this musical’s busy parts.

From Washington Post