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To stuff; to lard; to farce. [R.] Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.

A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston.

Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. Forced draught. See under Draught. -- Forced march (Mil.), a march of one or more days made with all possible speed. -- For"ced*ly, adv. -- For"ce…

Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. -- Force"ful*ly, adv. Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden.

Having little or no force; feeble. These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak.

ed fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. [Written also forced meat.]

forcing; compulsion. [Obs.] It was imposed upon us by constraint; And will you count such forcement treachery J. Webster.

The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing.

One who, or that which, forces or drives.

To reënforce; to strengthen. Hallam.

A reënforcement; a strengthening. Hallam.

An opposing force.

To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold.

A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.

Same as Deforciant. [Obs.]

To force; to constrain; to compel to yield. [Obs.] Spenser.

To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands. Inward joy enforced my heart to smile. Shak.

Capable of being enforced.

Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." Shak. -- En*for"ced*ly, adv. Shak.

The act of enforcing; compulsion. He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them. Sir W. Raleigh. Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement You got it from her. Shak.