Perforce

Word of the Day for Tuesday February 22, 2005

perforce \pur-FORS\, adverb:
By necessity; by force of circumstance.

It will be an astonishing sight, should it come to pass, and even those of us who have followed every twist and turn of this process will perforce rub our eyes.
--"Unionists sit tight as the poker game nears its climax," Irish Times, July 10, 1999

. . . the error of supposing that, because everything indeed is not right with the world, everything must accordingly be wrong with the world; the error of supposing that, because we are plainly not a race of angels, we must perforce be a race of beasts.
--James Gardner, "Infinite Jest (book reviews)," National Review, June 17, 1996


Perforce comes from French par force, "by force."
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With the ending of social security, the i generation perforce have other means of support for retirement.

Caffeine addiction perforce created a demand for any quick fix. Hence the triple venti no whip skim mocha has become an accepted drink of choice, and propogates the expansion of the Starbucks empire.