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Enforce   /ɛnfˈɔrs/   Listen
verb
Enforce  v. t.  (past & past part. enforced; pres. part. enforcing)  
1.
To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands. "Inward joy enforced my heart to smile."
2.
To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage. "Enforcing furious way."
3.
To put in motion or action by violence; to drive. "As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings."
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."
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."



Enforce  v. i.  
1.
To attempt by force. (Obs.)
2.
To prove; to evince. (R.)
3.
To strengthen; to grow strong. (Obs.)



noun
Enforce  n.  Force; strength; power. (Obs.) "A petty enterprise of small enforce."






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"Enforce" Quotes from Famous Books



... conduct of the British was that of the Spaniards in a like case:—with high feeling did they, abating not a jot or a tittle, enforce the principle of justice. 'How,' says the governor of Cadiz to General Dupont in the same noble letter before alluded to, 'how,' says he, after enumerating the afflictions which his army, and the tyrant who had sent it, had unjustly brought upon the Spanish nation, (for of these, in their ...
— The Prose Works of William Wordsworth • William Wordsworth

... that came to hand in order to make the Gospel plain, and enforce its teachings upon his hearers. Zeal for the work, and a devout bias to his mind, enabled him to find religious teaching in many things, wherein perhaps others would never have ...
— Little Abe - Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow • F. Jewell

... marriage, a subjection, he often hinted, to which genuine love should scorn to be confined. The woman, he would often say, who had merit like mine to fix his affection, could easily command it for ever. That honour too which I revered, was often called in to enforce his sentiments. I did not, however, absolutely assent to them; but I found my regard for their opposites diminish by degrees. If it is dangerous to be convinced, it is dangerous to listen; for our reason is so much of a machine, that it will not always be able to resist, when the ear ...
— The Man of Feeling • Henry Mackenzie

... as (to use my Lord Bacon's expression) come home to men's business and bosoms, I thought it more satisfactory to begin with considering man in the abstract, his nature and his state; since, to prove any moral duty, to enforce any moral precept, or to examine the perfection or imperfection of any creature whatsoever, it is necessary first to know what condition and relation it is placed in, and what is the proper end and purpose ...
— The Poetical Works Of Alexander Pope, Vol. 1 • Alexander Pope et al

... said Jack. "But as one whose job is to enforce the law, I should imagine you would ...
— Banked Fires • E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi


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