10. To allow the force of; to value; to care for. [Obs.]

For me, I force not argument a straw.

Shak.

Syn. -- To compel; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce; drive;

press; impel.

Force, v. i. [Obs. in all the senses.] 1. To use violence; to make

violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.

Forcing with gifts to win his wanton heart.

Spenser.

2. To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate;

hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard.

Your oath once broke, you force not to forswear.

Shak.

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