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- Enforce - v. i. - To attempt by force.
- Enforce - v. i. - To prove; to evince.
- Enforce - v. i. - To strengthen; to grow strong.
- Enforce - n. - Force; strength; power.
- Enforce - v. t. - To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
- Enforce - v. t. - To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.
- Enforce - v. t. - To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
- Enforce - v. t. - To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.
- Enforce - v. t. - To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
- Enforce - v. t. - To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
- Enforceable - a. - Capable of being enforced.
- Enforced - a. - Compelled; forced; not voluntary.
- Enforced - imp. & p. p. - of Enforce
- Enforcement - n. - The act of enforcing; compulsion.
- Enforcement - n. - A giving force to; a putting in execution.
- Enforcement - n. - That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
- Enforcer - n. - One who enforces.
- Fable - n. - A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue.
- Enforce - v. t. - To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.
- Enforce - v. t. - To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
- Sanction - n. - Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
- Enforcive - a. - Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.
- Exact - a. - To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
- Rigor - n. - Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity.
- Waive - v. t. - To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.
- Enforce - v. t. - To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
- Enforce - v. t. - To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.
- Gesture - n. - A motion of the body or limbs expressive of sentiment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea or a passion, or to enforce or emphasize an argument, assertion, or opinion.
- Gesticulation - n. - The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.
- Wring - v. t. - To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
- Tithingman - n. - A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath.
- Proctor - n. - An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
- Law - n. - In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.
- Limitation - v. t. - A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.