| 单词 | a force |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa force c. spec. in Law: Unlawful violence offered to persons or things. by force and arms: translation of Law Latin vi et armis. a force: a particular act or instance of unlawful violence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [phrase] > by violence or force strong handOE by forcec1320 through, with, of forcec1320 by or with strifec1330 by way of feat1362 by (also with, by) fine forcea1375 by mighta1425 by force and armsa1481 by way of deed1535 by (the) head and shoulders1571 by (the) head and ears1590 sting and ling1816 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > unlawful violence mayhem1447 forcea1481 mutilation1517 actual bodily harm1837 grievous bodily harm1861 ABH1975 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [phrase] > with violence by force and armsa1481 vi et armis1618 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > specifically in law forcea1481 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > act or instance of outragec1300 violencea1393 forcea1481 stratagem1581 violency1632 savaging1858 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > unlawful violence > instance of a force1594 a1481 T. Littleton Tenures (1482) ii. sig. cviii Le tenaunt..luy forstalla le voye ouesque force en armes.] a1481 T. Littleton Tenures (1482) ii. sig. ciiiv Il defendera forsque tort & force [1528–30 transl. he..shall defende but the wronge and the force]. 1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. §65 Force is either simple or mixt. 1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 196 Also women, and children, may commit a force. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. §240. 161 b Force, vis, in the Common Law is most commonly taken in ill part, and taken for unlawful violence. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. viii. 119 This distinction of private wrongs, into injuries with and without force. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 102 Where a person is prevented from barring an estate tail by force and management. 1826 Act 7 Geo. IV c. 64 §20 That no Judgment..shall be stayed or reversed..for the Omission..of the Words ‘with Force and Arms’. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Edwin Morris 131 It seems I broke a close with force and arms. a force ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] needeOE distressc1384 force1387 stressc1390 artingc1400 coactionc1400 constrainauncec1400 compulsion1462 enforcement1477 coercion1495 forcement1524 enforcing1531 strain1532 constraint1533 coercement1592 constrainment1593 duress1596 compulse1616 obligement1641 cogency1702 coercive control1827 steamrolling1879 compression1880 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > under compulsion [phrase] on compulsion1598 under task1671 under a force1681 with a pistol at (also to) one's head1892 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > pervert or distort [verb (transitive)] crooka1340 deprave1382 pervertc1390 strainc1449 drawc1450 miswrest?a1475 bewrya1522 wry?1521 to make a Welshman's hose ofa1529 writhea1533 wrest1533 invert1534 wring?1541 depravate1548 rack1548 violent1549 wrench1549 train1551 wreathe1556 throw1558 detorta1575 shuffle1589 wriggle1593 distortc1595 to put, set, place, etc. on the rack1599 twine1600 wire-draw1610 monstrify1617 screw1628 corrupt1630 gloss1638 torture1648 force1662 vex1678 refract1700 warp1717 to put a force upon1729 twist1821 ply1988 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (intransitive)] > act under compulsion to be upon the force1774 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 141 Godwyne..swore þat he didde nevere suche þinges, bot constreyned by þe force of kyng Harold. 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 261 The monie which you sent us, uppon the force of our commaundement. 1662 A. Mervyn Speech to Duke of Ormond 4 We come not to criminate, or to force a ball into the Dedan, but if any brick-wall expressions happen, that cannot be designed otherwise, it is rather a force upon us. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1173 Beyond this had bin force, And force upon free Will hath here no place. View more context for this quotation 1681 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 2nd Pt. 252 In many places..Men were chosen by Force and Threats..upon which reasons he concludes that it was no Parliament, since it was under a Force. 1690 Wolsely in London Gaz. No. 2536/2 It was a very unfortunate Force, which the Soldiers..put upon me, to burn the Town. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 Nor cou'd his Kindred; nor the kindly Force Of weeping Parents, change his fatal Course. View more context for this quotation 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility v. 203 A Man can't be always upon the force, the Actor will sometimes tire. 1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. xiii, in Wks. (1874) II. 173 They may all be understood to be implied in these words of our Saviour, without putting any force upon them. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 136 The whole is effected with a great strain and force upon history. 1805 H. K. White Let. 19 Dec. in Remains (1807) I. 196 I have very little society, and that is quite a force upon my friends. a force b. a force: a large number or quantity, a great deal. the force: ? the majority. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority the more partOE the best part ofOE (the) more parta1350 (the) most parta1350 (the) most part alla1350 (the) most party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 the better part ofa1393 the mo?a1400 most forcea1400 substancea1413 corsec1420 generalty?c1430 the greater partc1430 three quartersc1470 generalityc1485 the most feck1488 corpse1533 most1553 nine-tenths?1556 better half1566 generality?1570 pluralityc1570 body1574 the great body (of)1588 flush1592 three fourths1600 best1601 heap1609 gross1625 lump1709 bulk1711 majority1714 nineteen in twenty1730 balance1747 sweighta1800 heft1816 chief1841 the force1842 thick end1847 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 301 Her Maid with a force of crying..said her Master was dead. 1842 C. Sumner Let. 16 Sept. in S. Longfellow Life of H. W. Longfellow (1886) I. 414 The force of my acquaintance was among lawyers, judges, and politicians. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘There was a foorce o' folks’, great numbers were present. < as lemmas |
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