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Webster 1913 Edition

Enforce

En-force′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Enforced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Enforcing
.]
[OF.
enforcier
to strengthen, force, F.
enforcir
; pref.
en-
(L.
in
) + F.
force
. See
Force
.]
1.
To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel;
as, to
enforce
obedience to commands
.
Inward joy
enforced
my heart to smile.
Shakespeare
2.
To make or gain by force; to obtain by force;
as, to
enforce
a passage
.
“Enforcing furious way.”
Spenser.
3.
To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
As swift as stones
Enforced
from the old Assyrian slings.
Shakespeare
4.
To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy;
as, to
enforce
arguments or requests
.
Enforcing
sentiment of the thrust humanity.
Burke.
5.
To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor;
as, to
enforce
the laws
.
6.
To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
Enforce
him with his envy to the people.
Shakespeare

En-force

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To attempt by force.
[Obs.]
2.
To prove; to evince.
[R.]
Hooker.
3.
To strengthen; to grow strong.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

En-force′

,
Noun.
Force; strength; power.
[Obs.]
A petty enterprise of small
enforce
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Enforce

ENFO'RCE

, v.t.
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.
I.
To attempt by force. [Not used.]

ENFO'RCE

,
Noun.
Force; strength; power. [Not used.]

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