Results for enforce

Definitions of enforce:

part of speech: verb transitive

To gain by force: to give force to: to put in force: to give effect to: to urge.

part of speech: verb

To constrain; to compel; to urge with energy; to give strength or force to; to impress on the mind.

part of speech: verb transitive

To urge or compel; to execute with vigor.

Usage examples for enforce:

• Cromwell was so sure it'd be passed he was already pulling together a fleet of warships to send out and enforce it. "Caribbee", Thomas Hoover

• Having had military training, Hanlon knew it was possible to enforce the most strict discipline without such means, and that any man ... "Man of Many Minds", E. Everett Evans

• " We're going to have to enforce those rules," they told Grandma. "Across the Fruited Plain", Florence Crannell Means

• I threatened to enforce my order and punish severely any man who assisted; and placed a police guard for the purpose of seeing that no one did so. "The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II", R. V. Russell