enforce

IPA: ɛnfˈɔrs

verb

  • To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.
  • To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize.
  • (obsolete, transitive) To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc.
  • (obsolete, transitive) To intensify, make stronger, add force to.
  • (obsolete, reflexive) To exert oneself, to try hard.
  • (obsolete) To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force.
  • (obsolete) To make or gain by force; to force.
  • (obsolete) To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
  • (obsolete) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy.
  • (obsolete) To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
  • (obsolete) To prove; to evince.
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Examples of "enforce" in Sentences

  • Be easy to enforce from a small fixed wing aircraft.
  • The idea that schools have the job of enforcing what family or society can; t enforce is a dangerous one.
  • The other rule to enforce is that no one could say anything negative about the other person's credentials or personality only their plans on the issues.
  • The Obama administration won a temporary stay against the moratorium on "don't ask, don't tell" Wednesday, granting the Pentagon the right to once again enforce the 17-year-old ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military.
  • The military can once again enforce the 17-year gay ban after a three-judge panel on Wednesday issued a temporary stay of an injunction on the law and policy until the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals can further consider appeals by the Obama administration.
  • The executive has to set priorities and if a law that makes sick people sicker, puts honest people in jail, costs a lot of money, has almost no discernible benefits, and that you promised not to enforce is not a good candidate for the bottom of the pile, what is?
  • A three judge panel on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday issued a temporary stay on a moratorium of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" law, meaning the Pentagon can once again enforce the 17-year ban on gays in the military while the Justice Department prepares an appeal.
  • • Military wins temporary reprieve for 'don't ask' policy: The Obama administration won a temporary stay against the moratorium on "don't ask, don't tell" Wednesday, granting the Pentagon the right to once again enforce the 17-year-old ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military.

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