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enforce

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1. enforce - Noun

2. enforce - Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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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

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.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

The Supreme Court has made its decision, now let them enforce it. Andrew Jackson

What is new in our time is the increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices. Bertrand Russell

The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor adapted with too much solicitude to the different characters and capacities to be impressed with it. James Madison

If once again Germany destabilizes Europe, then Germany will be not be divided again, but wiped off the map. East and West have the necessary technology in order to enforce this verdict. If Germany begins again, there is no other solution. Lech Wałęsa

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