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The act of infolding. See Infoldment.

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

Capable of being enforced.

Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." Shak. -- En*for"ced*ly, adv. Shak.

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 enforcement You got it from her. Shak.

One who enforces.

That may be enforced.

Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive. Marsion. -- En*for"cive*ly, adv.

To turn into a forest.

To form; to fashion. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mixed with, or emitting, lightning. [Obs.] "With foul enfouldred smoke." Spenser.

To inclose, as in a frame.

To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.

he freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens. Enfranchisement of copyhold (Eng. Law), the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold. Mozley & W.

One who enfranchises.

To set free. [Obs.] "The enfreed Antenor." Shak.

To set free. [Obs.] Shak.

To freeze; to congeal. [Obs.] Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. Spenser.

To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

g something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise. "I to thee engaged a prince's word." Shak.