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Afforce vs Efforce - What's the difference?

afforce | efforce |

As verbs the difference between afforce and efforce

is that afforce is to reinforce (a team etc.) with extra people while efforce is to force oneself.

afforce

English

Verb

(afforc)
  • (rare) To reinforce (a team etc.) with extra people

    • Derived terms

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    efforce

    English

    Verb

    (efforc)
  • (obsolete, reflexive) To force oneself.
  • (obsolete) To force, force open; to acquire by force.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vii:
  • *:huge great yron chests and coffers strong, / All bard with double bends, that none could weene / Them to efforce by violence or wrong [...].
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