plural of force

(military) Troops (plural only). / (music) The orchestral instrumentation (and voices) used in a musical production (chiefly plural).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of force

(transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from. / (intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. / (intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.

Alternative spelling of forebear

Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.

(cricket) The feat of a bowler taking five wickets in one innings

(medicine, anatomy, embryology) An opening in the septum between the right and left atria of the fetal heart that normally closes after birth.

(idiomatic) Finally, permanently, conclusively.

(transitive) To defend or protect.