different between afforce vs efforce

English

Etymology

From Old French aforcer, from Latin exforti?re, from fortis (“strong”).

Verb

afforce (third-person singular simple present afforces, present participle afforcing, simple past and past participle afforced)

1. (rare) To reinforce (a team etc.) with extra people

Derived terms

• afforcement

English

Etymology

From Middle French efforcer.

Verb

efforce (third-person singular simple present efforces, present participle efforcing, simple past and past participle efforced)

1. (obsolete, reflexive) To force oneself.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To force, force open; to acquire by force.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:

     huge great yron chests and coffers strong, / All bard with double bends, that none could weene / Them to efforce by violence or wrong […]

French

Verb

efforce

1. first-person singular present indicative of efforcer
2. third-person singular present indicative of efforcer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of efforcer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of efforcer
5. second-person singular imperative of efforcer