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per⋅force

  [per-fawrs, -fohrs]
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–adverb
of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance: The story must perforce be true.
Origin:
1300–50; per + force; r. ME par force < MF
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per·force   (pər-fôrs', -fōrs')   
adv.  By necessity; by force of circumstance.

[Middle English par force, from Old French : par, by (from Latin per; see per) + force, force; see force.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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perforce 
c.1330, par force, from O.Fr. par force (12c.), lit. "by force" (see force). With L. per substituted 17c. for Fr. cognate par.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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