efforce

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Definition of efforce in English English dictionary

To force oneself

To force, force open; to acquire by force

huge great yron chests and coffers strong, / All bard with double bends, that none could weene / Them to efforce by violence or wrong .

{v} to force, break in or through

To force; to constrain; to compel to yield

Etymology

() From Middle French efforcer.