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Forbid (fŏrbĭd), v. t. [imp. Forbade (fŏrbăd); p. p. Forbidden (fŏrbĭdd'n) (Forbid, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding (fŏrbĭddĭng).] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbeódan; pref. for- + beódan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel. fyrirbjōða, forboða, Sw. förbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See , v. t.] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.
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More than I have said . . .
The leisure and enforcement of the time
Forbids to dwell upon. Shak.
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2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.
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Have I not forbid her my house? Shak.
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3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
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A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. Dryden.
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4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]
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He shall live a man forbid. Shak.
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5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] L. Andrews.

Syn. -- To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See .
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Forbid (?), v. i. To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. “I did not or forbid.” Milton.
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Forbiddance (?), n. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Obs.]
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How hast thou yield to transgress
The strict forbiddance. Milton.
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Forbidden (?), a. Prohibited; interdicted.
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I know no spells, use no forbidden arts. Milton.
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Coloq. Forbidden fruit . (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.
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Forbiddenly, adv. In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak.
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Forbidder (?), n. One who forbids. Milton.
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Forbidding (?), a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Syn. -- Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent.

-- Forbiddingly, adv. -- Forbiddingness, n.
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Forblack (?), a. Very black. [Obs.]
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As any raven's feathers it shone forblack. Chaucer.
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Forboden (?), obs. p. p. of . Chaucer.
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Forbore (?), imp. of .
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Forborne (?), p. p. of .
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Forbruise (?), v. t. To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [Obs.]
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All forbrosed, both back and side. Chaucer.
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Forby (?), adv. & prep. [See .] Near; hard by; along; past. [Obs.]
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To tell her if her child went ought forby. Chaucer.
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To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the sides of the city without let. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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Forcarve (?), v. t. To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Force (?), v. t. [See to stuff.] To stuff; to lard; to farce. [R.]
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Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.
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Force, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. fors, foss, Dan. fos.] A waterfall; a cascade. [Prov. Eng.]
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To see the falls for force of the river Kent. T. Gray.
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Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See , n.] 1. Capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term.
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He was, in the full force of the words, a good man. Macaulay.
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2. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion; as, by force of arms; to take by force.
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Which now they hold by force, and not by right. Shak.
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3. Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation; the armed forces.
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Is Lucius general of the forces? Shak.
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4. (Law) (a) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence. (b) Validity; efficacy. Burrill.
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5. (Physics) Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force.
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Coloq. Animal force (Physiol.), muscular force or energy. -- Coloq. Catabiotic force [Gr. � down (intens.) + � life.] (Biol.), the influence exerted by living structures on adjoining cells, by which the latter are developed in harmony with the primary structures. -- Coloq. Centrifugal force , Coloq. Centripetal force , Coloq. Coercive force , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Composition of forces , Coloq. Correlation of forces , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Force and arms [trans. of L. vi et armis] (Law), an expression in old indictments, signifying violence. -- Coloq. In force , or Coloq. Of force , of unimpaired efficacy; valid; of full virtue; not suspended or reversed. “A testament is of force after men are dead.” Heb. ix. 17. -- Coloq. Metabolic force (Physiol.), the influence which causes and controls the metabolism of the body. -- Coloq. No force , no matter of urgency or consequence; no account; hence, to do no force, to make no account of; not to heed. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Coloq. Of force , of necessity; unavoidably; imperatively. “Good reasons must, of force, give place to better.” Shak. -- Coloq. Plastic force (Physiol.), the force which presumably acts in the growth and repair of the tissues. -- Coloq. Vital force (Physiol.), that force or power which is inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished from the physical forces generally known.

Syn. -- Strength; vigor; might; energy; stress; vehemence; violence; compulsion; coaction; constraint; coercion. -- , . Strength looks rather to power as an inward capability or energy. Thus we speak of the strength of timber, bodily strength, mental strength, strength of emotion, etc. Force, on the other hand, looks more to the outward; as, the force of gravitation, force of circumstances, force of habit, etc. We do, indeed, speak of strength of will and force of will; but even here the former may lean toward the internal tenacity of purpose, and the latter toward the outward expression of it in action. But, though the two words do in a few cases touch thus closely on each other, there is, on the whole, a marked distinction in our use of force and strength. “Force is the name given, in mechanical science, to whatever produces, or can produce, motion.” Nichol.
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Thy tears are of no force to mollify
This flinty man. Heywood.
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More huge in strength than wise in works he was. Spenser.
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Adam and first matron Eve
Had ended now their orisons, and found
Strength added from above, new hope to spring
Out of despair. Milton.
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Force (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Forcing (?).] [OF. forcier, F. forcer, fr. LL. forciare, fortiare. See , n.] 1. To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.
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2. To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind.
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3. To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one's will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon.
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To force their monarch and insult the court. Dryden.
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I should have forced thee soon wish other arms. Milton.
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To force a spotless virgin's chastity. Shak.
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4. To obtain, overcome, or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress; as, to force the castle; to force a lock.
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5. To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc.
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It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay
That scarce the victor forced the steel away. Dryden.
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To force the tyrant from his seat by war. Sahk.
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Ethelbert ordered that none should be forced into religion. Fuller.
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6. To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce. [Obs.]
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What can the church force more? J. Webster.
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7. To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a conceit or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits.
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High on a mounting wave my head I bore,
Forcing my strength, and gathering to the shore. Dryden.
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8. (Whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.
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9. To provide with forces; to reënforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison. [Obs.] Shak.
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10. To allow the force of; to value; to care for. [Obs.]
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For me, I force not argument a straw. Shak.

Syn. -- To compel; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce; drive; press; impel.
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Force, v. i. [Obs. in all the senses.] 1. To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.
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Forcing with gifts to win his wanton heart. Spenser.
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2. To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard.
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Your oath once broke, you force not to forswear. Shak.
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I force not of such fooleries. Camden.
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3. To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.
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It is not sufficient to have attained the name and dignity of a shepherd, not forcing how. Udall.
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Forced (?), a. Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh.
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Coloq. Forced draught . See under . -- Coloq. Forced march (Mil.), a march of one or more days made with all possible speed.

-- Forcedly (#), adv. -- Forcedness, n.
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force-feed v. t. to feed (someone) against his will, as during a hunger strike.
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force-feed n. a method of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings.
Syn. -- lubricating system, force-feed lubricating system, force feed, pressure-feed lubricating system, pressure feed.
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Forceful (?), a. Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. -- Forcefully, adv.
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Against the steed he threw
His forceful spear. Dryden.
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Forceless, a. Having little or no force; feeble.
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These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak.
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forcefulness n. physical energy or intensity.
Syn. -- force, strength.
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Forcemeat (?), n. [Corrupt. for farce-meat, fr. F. farce stuffing. See , n.] (Cookery) Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. [Written also forced meat.]
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Forcement (?), n. The act of forcing; compulsion. [Obs.]
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It was imposed upon us by constraint;
And will you count such forcement treachery? J. Webster.
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Forceps (?), n. [L. forceps, -cipis, from the root of formus Hot + capere to take; akin to E. heave. Cf. .] 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.
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2. (Zoöl.) The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See .
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Coloq. Dressing forceps . See under .
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Force pump (?). (Mach.) (a) A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston. (b) A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under .
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Forcer (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, forces or drives.
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2. (Mech.) (a) The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump. (b) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.
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Forcible (?), a. [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable that may be forced.] 1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.
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How forcible are right words! Job. vi. 2�.
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Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken. Bacon.
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But I have reasons strong and forcible. Shak.
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That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin. Hooker.
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He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented. Lowth (Transl. )
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2. Violent; impetuous.
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Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined. Prior.
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3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction.
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In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust. Swift.
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Coloq. Forcible entry and detainer (Law), the entering upon and taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the hindrance of the person having the right to enter.

Syn. -- Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent; weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.
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Forcible-feeble (?), a. [From Feeble, a character in the Second Part of Shakespeare's “King Henry IV.,” to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet “forcible.”] Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.
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He [Prof. Ayton] would purge his book of much offensive matter, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the forcible-feeble school. N. Brit. Review.
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Forcibleness, n. The quality of being forcible.
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Forcibly, adv. In a forcible manner.
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Forcing (?), n. 1. The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.
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2. (Gardening) The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat.
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Coloq. Forcing bed or Coloq. Forcing pit , a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding bottom heat for forcing plants; a hotbed. -- Coloq. Forcing engine , a fire engine. -- Coloq. Forcing fit (Mech.), a tight fit, as of one part into a hole in another part, which makes it necessary to use considerable force in putting the two parts together. -- Coloq. Forcing house , a greenhouse for the forcing of plants, fruit trees, etc. -- Coloq. Forcing machine , a powerful press for putting together or separating two parts that are fitted tightly one into another, as for forcing a crank on a shaft, or for drawing off a car wheel from the axle. -- Coloq. Forcing pump . See (b).
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Forcipal (?), a. Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps. Sir T. Browne.

{ Forcipate (?), Forcipated (?) }, a. Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth.
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Forcipation (?), n. Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. Bacon.
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Forcite (?), n. [From 3d , n.] (Chem.) A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate.
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Forcut (?), v. t. To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Ford (fōrd), n. [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. fjörðr bay, and to E. fare. √78. See , v. i., and cf. arm of the sea.] 1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading.
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He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott.
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2. A stream; a current.
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With water of the ford
Or of the clouds. Spenser.
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Permit my ghost to pass the Styg�an ford. Dryden.
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Ford, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording.] To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through.
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His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. Milton.
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Fordable (?), a. Capable of being forded. -- Fordableness, n.
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Fordless, a. Without a ford.
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A deep and fordless river. Mallock.
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Fordo (?), v. t. [OE. fordon, AS. ford�n; pref. for- + d�n to do. See , and , v. i.] 1. To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [Obs.]
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This is the night
That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak.
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2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. M. Arnold.
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All with weary task fordone. Shak.
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Fordone (?), a. [See .] Undone; ruined. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Fordrive (?), v. t. To drive about; to drive here and there. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
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Fordrunken (?), a. Utterly drunk; very drunk. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Fordry (?), a. Entirely dry; withered. [Obs.] “A tree fordry.” Chaucer.
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Fordwine (fŏrdwīn), v. i. To dwindle away; to disappear. [Obs.] Rom of R.
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Fore (fōr), n. [AS. fōr, fr. faran to go. See , v. i.] Journey; way; method of proceeding. [Obs.] “Follow him and his fore.” Chaucer.
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