Definitions for enforce

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enforce en·force

Spelling: [en-fawrs, -fohrs]

IPA: /ɛnˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs/

Enforce is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in enforce (ceefnor).

Definitions for enforce

verb (used with object)

1. to put or keep in force; compel obedience to:
2. to obtain (payment, obedience, etc.) by force or compulsion.
3. to impose (a course of action) upon a person:
4. to support (a demand, claim, etc.) by force:
5. to impress or urge (an argument, contention, etc.) forcibly; lay stress upon:

Origin of enforce

1275-1325; Middle English enforcen Anglo-French enforcer, Old French enforcier, enforc(ir), equivalent to en- en-¹ + forci(e)r to force

Examples for enforce

“Given the number of events which take place across the UK it is likely to be difficult to enforce,” said Rupert Sutton.

I have been selected by you to execute and enforce the laws of the country.

This is the proposition which I intended to enforce in the present section.

Accordingly orders were given to enforce the Navigation Act.

So the CIW has looked to the marketplace to enforce these guarantees.

Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.

People often forget that the National Panhellenic council used to enforce racial segregation by means of strict codes and laws.

All that has been said, then, tends to enforce the culture of the imagination.

They might enforce on them a total abolition of inheritance and bequest.'

At any rate, policy can enforce equal rights and foster equal opportunity.