Enforce

Word ENFORCE
Character 7
Hyphenation en force en force
Pronunciations /ɪnˈfɔːs/

Definitions and meanings of "Enforce"

What do we mean by enforce?

To compel observance of or obedience to. transitive verb

To impose (a kind of behavior, for example). transitive verb

To give force to; reinforce. transitive verb

Force; strength; power. noun

To increase the force or strength of; make strong; strengthen; fortify.

To urge or impress with force or energy; make forcible, clear, or intelligible: as, to enforce remarks or arguments.

To gain or extort by force or compulsion; compel: as, to enforce obedience.

To put or keep in force; compel obedience to; cause to be executed or performed: as, to enforce laws or rules.

To discharge with force; hurl; throw.

To impel; constrain; force.

To press or urge, as with a charge.

To prove; evince.

To force; violate; ravish.

Reflexively, to strain one's self; put forth one's greatest exertion.

Synonyms Extort, etc. See exact, v. t.

To grow strong; become fierce or active; increase.

To strive; exert one's self.

To make headway.

To attempt by force. intransitive verb

To prove; to evince. intransitive verb

To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.

To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize.

To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc.

To intensify, make stronger, add force to.

To exert oneself, to try hard.

To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force.

To make or gain by force; to force.

To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.

To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy.

To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.

To prove; to evince.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Enforce

The word "enforce" in example sentences

Be easy to enforce from a small fixed wing aircraft. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Obama administration won a temporary stay against the moratorium on "don't ask, don't tell" Wednesday, granting the Pentagon the right to once again enforce the 17-year-old ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military. ❋ Ed O'Keefe (2010)

A three judge panel on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday issued a temporary stay on a moratorium of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" law, meaning the Pentagon can once again enforce the 17-year ban on gays in the military while the Justice Department prepares an appeal. ❋ Ed O (2010)

• Military wins temporary reprieve for 'don't ask' policy: The Obama administration won a temporary stay against the moratorium on "don't ask, don't tell" Wednesday, granting the Pentagon the right to once again enforce the 17-year-old ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military. ❋ Ed O (2010)

The executive has to set priorities and if a law that makes sick people sicker, puts honest people in jail, costs a lot of money, has almost no discernible benefits, and that you promised not to enforce is not a good candidate for the bottom of the pile, what is? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The military can once again enforce the 17-year gay ban after a three-judge panel on Wednesday issued a temporary stay of an injunction on the law and policy until the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals can further consider appeals by the Obama administration. ❋ Ed O (2010)

The other rule to enforce is that no one could say anything negative about the other person's credentials or personality only their plans on the issues. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The idea that schools have the job of enforcing what family or society can; t enforce is a dangerous one. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Today before Congress General David Petraeus made his case as to why President Bush's plans for Iraq should remain enforce for the foreseeable future. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The only one of those I'm going to actually enforce is the first one, but if people want to consider themselves tagged and leave a comment, I'll go read random facts about them. ❋ Jpsorrow (2007)

One of he easiest rules to enforce is to require addressing the post, not the poster. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even though LEOs are said to enforce, that is compel observance or obedience of, the law, they cannot be a constant monitor everywhere, even in public areas--they cannot prevent a well-conceived crimed or one that is hidden from patrols or surveillance. ❋ Papabear (2008)

They must first be suspected of some other infraction, and then the police are authorized to do what the federal government has specifically authorized various jurisdictions and trained their officers to do, namely enforce federal immigration law. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Towards the end, he remarks: Still, we may want to keep in reserve (at least quietly) the views of an early U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, who successfully challenged the federal courts to try and 'enforce' its decision if it could. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think she never met an environmental law that she didn't feel like she had to "enforce". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Compounding the issue is the fact that there is no way to "enforce" industry adherence to DoD regulations. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Bruce Damer: Providers would battle and then some future Google, if not Google itself, would kind of enforce a standard, just like every other new medium of technology in the past ❋ Unknown (2010)

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