ENFORCE

To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands. Inward joy enforced my heart to smile. Shak.

To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage. "Enforcing furious way." Spenser.

To put in motion or action by violence; to drive. As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings. Shak.

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.

To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.

To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon. Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak.

To attempt by force. [Obs.]

To prove; to evince. [R.] Hooker.

To strengthen; to grow strong. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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