Definition of Enforce

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Enforce

To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.

To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.

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

To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.

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.

To attempt by force.

To prove; to evince.

To strengthen; to grow strong.

Force; strength; power.

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Enforce Quotations

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
Abraham Lincoln

There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.
Hubert H. Humphrey

We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
Abdul Kalam

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.
Tony Blair

Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails.
Abu Bakar Bashir

Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to enforce antidiscrimination laws, or at least there was a perceived need to do that.
Clarence Thomas

The less one knows, the more he thinks he knows, and the more willing he is to employ any and all measures to enforce his views upon others.
Paul Harris

The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international police force with power to enforce national conformity to rules of right conduct is a counsel of perfection.
Elihu Root

There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only; I know of no other to which we may rationally trust for relief from impending dangers without and within.
Robert Dale Owen

Unfortunately, too many public school officials believe that cameras are needed to enforce order and discipline.
Paul Weyrich

Enforce Translations

enforce in German is erzwingen
enforce in Italian is estorsi
enforce in Spanish is dar fuerza, obligar

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