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, v.i. To attempt by force. [Not used.] ENFO'RCE, n. Force; strength; power. [Not used.]
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