perfume, perfume

[Fr. parfume; Sp. the immediate cause of death in aggravated cases of typhoid fever. pěr-för-ā-tive, a . [Eng. per for at (e); -ive.] Hav- ing the power or quality of perforating or piercing. per-för-ā-tõr, s. par. of perforo to perforate (q.v.); Fr. per for a- teur .] One who or that which perforates or pierces; spec if., a cep halo to me (q. v.). per-förçe', *par-force, adv . [Fr. par (Latin per )=by, and force =force.] By force, violently; of nece ity. "He would have taken the king away perforce, As we were bringing him to Killing worth." Marlowe: Edward II., v. 4. *per-förçe', v . t. [PERFORCE, adv .] To force, to compel. "My furious force their force per forced to yield." Mirror for Magistrates.