ENFO'RCE, verb transitive 1. To give strength to; to strengthen; to invigorate. [See Def.5.] 2. To make or gain by force; to force; as, to enforce a passage. 3. To put in act by violence; to drive. Stones enforced from the old Assyrian slings. 4. To instigate; to urge on; to animate. 5. To urge with energy; to give force to; to impress on the mind; as, to enforce remarks or arguments. 6. To compel; to constrain; to force. 7. To put in execution; to cause to take effect; as, to enforce the laws. 8. To press with a charge. 9. To prove; to evince. [Little used.] ENFO'RCE, verb intransitive To attempt by force. [Not used.] ENFO'RCE, noun Force; strength; power. [Not used.]
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