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Verb enforces, enforcing, enforced
enforce - ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";
		implement, apply
		exempt, free, relieve grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
		compel, obligate, oblige force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"
		execute, run sign in the presence of witnesses; "The President executed the treaty"
		execute sign in the presence of witnesses; "The President executed the treaty"
enforce - compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy"
		impose
		compel, obligate, oblige force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

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enforce (Verb)
To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize.
enforce (Verb)
To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.

enforce (v. t.)
To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
enforce (v. t.)
To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.
enforce (v. t.)
To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
enforce (v. t.)
To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.
enforce (v. t.)
To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
enforce (v. t.)
To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
enforce (v. i.)
To attempt by force.
enforce (v. i.)
To prove; to evince.
enforce (v. i.)
To strengthen; to grow strong.
enforce (n.)
Force; strength; power.

enforce
en-fōrs′, v.t. to gain by force: to give force to: to put in force: to give effect to: to urge: (Spens.) to attempt.—adj. Enforce′able.—adv. Enforc′edly, by violence, not by choice.—n. Enforce′ment, act of enforcing: compulsion: a giving effect to: that which enforces. [O. Fr. enforcer—en (=L. in), and force.]