About The Word Enforce
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Enforce
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What's The Definition Of Enforce?
[v] ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";
[v] compel or impose; "Social relations impose courtesy" Synonyms | Synonyms for Enforce: apply | implement | impose Related Terms | Find terms related to Enforce: abide by | accomplish | adhere to | administer | apply | bestow | bind | bring to bear | browbeat | bully | carry out | carry through | cause | cause to | coerce | compel | complete | constrain | demand | discharge | dose | dose with | drive | effect | effectuate | enforce upon | execute | fill out | force | force upon | fulfill | give | have | honor | impel | implement | impose | impose on | impose upon | impress upon | inflict | insist on | insist upon | intimidate | invoke | lay on | lean on | make | make out | mete out to | oblige | observe | perform | prescribe for | press | promulgate | prosecute | put in force | put in practice | put into effect | put into execution | put on | put through | put to use | put upon | railroad | reinforce | render | require | restrain | stress | support | tie | transact | use force upon See Also | carry | clamp down | compel | execute | get tough | obligate | oblige | run Enforce In Webster's Dictionary \En*force"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enforced}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Enforcing}.] [OF. enforcier to strengthen, force, F.
enforcir; pref. en- (L. in) + F. force. See {Force}.]
1. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as,
to enforce obedience to commands.
Inward joy enforced my heart to smile. --Shak.
2. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to
enforce a passage. ``Enforcing furious way.'' --Spenser.
3. To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian
slings. --Shak.
4. To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge
with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.
Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity. --Burke.
5. To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect
to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
6. To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
Enforce him with his envy to the people. --Shak.
\En*force\, v. i. 1. To attempt by force. [Obs.] 2. To prove; to evince. [R.] --Hooker. 3. To strengthen; to grow strong. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \En*force"\, n. Force; strength; power. [Obs.] A petty enterprise of small enforce. --Milton. |
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