Verb

(forc)

(lb) To violate (a woman); to rape.

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*:For yf ye were suche fyfty as ye be / ye were not able to make resystence ageynst this deuyl / here lyeth a duchesse deede the whiche was the fayrest of alle the world wyf to syre Howel / duc of Bretayne / he hath murthred her in forcynge her / and has slytte her vnto the nauyl

*, II.1:

*:a young woman not farre from mee had headlong cast her selfe out of a high window, with intent to kill herselfe, only to avoid the ravishment of a rascally-base souldier that lay in her house, who offered to force her.

*, Bk.XVIII, Ch.xxi:

*:And I pray you for my sake to force yourselff there, that men may speke you worshyp.

(lb) To compel (someone or something) (to) do something.

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*:Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.

*2011 , Tim Webb & Fiona Harvey, The Guardian , 23 March:

*:Housebuilders had warned that the higher costs involved would have forced them to build fewer homes and priced many homebuyers out of the market.

(lb) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.

*, I.40:

*:Shall wee force the general law of nature, which in all living creatures under heaven is seene to tremble at paine?

(lb) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay / That scarce the victor forced the steel away.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:to force the tyrant from his seat by war

*(John Webster) (c.1580-c.1634)

*:Ethelbert ordered that none should be forced into religion.

*2007 , (The Guardian) , 4 November:

*:In a groundbreaking move, the Pentagon is compensating servicemen seriously hurt when an American tank convoy forced them off the road.

(lb) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.

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*2009 , "All things to Althingi", (The Economist) , 23 July:

*:The second problem is the economy, the shocking state of which has forced the decision to apply to the EU.

(lb) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).

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To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.

To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.

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(lb) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.

(lb) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

*(John Webster) (c.1580-c.1634)

*:What can the church force more?

(lb) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

:(Shakespeare)

(lb) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:For me, I force not argument a straw.

Verb

(forc)

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

* Shakespeare

Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit.

Verb

(label) To obtain; to acquire.

(label) To receive.

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To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get .

(label) To become.

* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)

His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.

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(label) To cause to become; to bring about.

*

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(label) To fetch, bring, take.

* Bible, (w) xxxi. 13

Get thee out from this land.

* (Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)

Heto the strong town of Mega.

(label) To cause to do.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Get him to say his prayers.

*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny

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To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

to get rid of fools and scoundrels

(label) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

to get a mile

(label) To cause to come or go or move.

(label) To cause to be in a certain status or position.

* (Dante Gabriel Rossetti), Retro me, Sathana , line 1

Get thee behind me.

(label) To begin (doing something).

(label) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

(label) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).

To be subjected to.

* '>citation

Do you mind? Excuse me / I saw you over there / Can I just tell you ¶ Although there are millions of / Cephalophores that wander through this world / You've got something extra going on / I think you probably know ¶ You probably get that a lot / I'll bet that people say that a lot to you, girl

(label) To be.

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(label) To become ill with or catch (a disease).

To catch out, trick successfully.

To perplex, stump.

(label) To find as an answer.

To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

(label) To hear completely; catch.

(label) To .

To beget (of a father).

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

I had rather to adopt a child than get it.

* 2009 , (Hilary Mantel), (Wolf Hall) , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 310:

Walter had said, dear God, Thomas, it was St fucking Felicity if I'm not mistaken, and her face was to the wall for sure the night I got you.

(label) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out .

* (1625-1686)

it being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty

Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

*2007 , Tom Dyckhoff, Let's move to ..., The Guardian :

Money's pouring in somewhere, because Churchgate's got lovely new stone setts, and a cultural quarter (ooh, get her) is promised.