Enforce

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To attempt by force.

II. Enforce ·noun Force; strength; power.

III. Enforce ·vi To Strengthen; to grow strong.

IV. Enforce ·vi To Prove; to Evince.

V. Enforce ·vt To Urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.

VI. Enforce ·vt To put in motion or action by violence; to Drive.

VII. Enforce ·vt To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.

VIII. Enforce ·vt To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.

IX. Enforce ·vt To give force to; to Strengthen; to Invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.

X. Enforce ·vt To put force upon; to Force; to Constrain; to Compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.