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enforce

verb transitive
To give strength to; to strengthen; to invigorate. [See Def. 5.I .

enforce

To make or gain by force; to force; as, to enforce a passage.

enforce

To put in act by violence; to drive. Stones enforced from the old Assyrian slings.

enforce

To instigate; to urge on; to animate.

enforce

To urge with energy; to give force to; to impress on the mind; as, to enforce remarks or arguments.

enforce

To compel; to constrain; to force.

enforce

To put in execution; to cause to take effect; as, to enforce the laws.

enforce

To press with a charge.

enforce

To prove; to evince.

enforce

verb intransitive
To attempt by force.

enforce

noun
Force; strength; power.