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Webster 1913 Edition
Enforcement
En-force′ment
,Noun.
[Cf. OF.
enforcement
.] 1.
The act of enforcing; compulsion.
He that contendeth against these
enforcements
may easily master or resist them. Sir W. Raleigh.
Confess ’t was hers, and by what rough
You got it from her.
enforcement
You got it from her.
Shakespeare
2.
A giving force to; a putting in execution.
Enforcement
of strict military discipline. Palfrey.
3.
That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
The rewards and punishment of another life, which the Almighty has established as the
enforcements
of his law. Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Enforcement
ENFO'RCEMENT
,Noun.
1.
That which gives energy or effect; sanction. The penalties of law are enforcements.2.
Motive of conviction; urgent evidence.3.
Pressing exigence; that which urges or constrains.4.
In a general sense, any thing which compels or constrains; any thing which urges either the body or the mind.5.
A putting in execution; as the enforcement of law.