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v. To compel observance of or obedience to: enforce a law.

v. To impose (a kind of behavior, for example): enforce military discipline.

v. To give force to; reinforce: "enforces its plea with a description of the pains of hell” ( Albert C. Baugh).

v. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel.

v. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force.

v. To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.

v. To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy.

v. To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor.

v. To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.

verb-intransitive. To attempt by force.

verb-intransitive. To prove; to evince.

verb-intransitive. To strengthen; to grow strong.

n. Force; strength; power.

To increase the force or strength of; make strong; strengthen; fortify.

To urge or impress with force or energy; make forcible, clear, or intelligible: as, to enforce remarks or arguments.

To gain or extort by force or compulsion; compel: as, to enforce obedience.

To put or keep in force; compel obedience to; cause to be executed or performed: as, to enforce laws or rules.

To discharge with force; hurl; throw.

To impel; constrain; force.

To press or urge, as with a charge.

To prove; evince.

To force; violate; ravish.

Reflexively, to strain one's self; put forth one's greatest exertion.

Synonyms Extort, etc. See exact, v. t.

To grow strong; become fierce or active; increase.

To strive; exert one's self.

To make headway.

n. Force; strength; power.

v. compel to behave in a certain way

v. ensure observance of laws and rules

"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."

enforced    enforces    enforcing   

obligate    compel    oblige   

compel    emphasize    strengthen   

enforcement    enforcer   

drive    strengthen    invigorate    urge    prove    evince    force    strength    power    execute   

Corse    Force    Morse    Norse    bourse    coarse    corse    course    divorce    endorse   

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