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Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-fawrs, -fohrs
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs

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Définition of enforce

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to drive by physical force;" mid-14c., "make an effort; strengthen a place; compel," from Old French enforcier or from en- (1) "make, put in" + force. Related: Enforced; enforcing.
  • verb put a rule, plan in force
Example sentences :
  • I have been selected by you to execute and enforce the laws of the country.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Accordingly orders were given to enforce the Navigation Act.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • This is the proposition which I intended to enforce in the present section.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • All that has been said, then, tends to enforce the culture of the imagination.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • They might enforce on them a total abolition of inheritance and bequest.'
  • Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
  • He had had to enforce laws which some people looked upon as unjust.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 » by Various
  • The Parliament levied a stamp tax, but could not enforce it.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 » by Various
  • Thus, although law by now, it was a law that no one troubled just yet to enforce.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • This one shall atone in the small measure we can enforce from him.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It was left to Nature to enforce what Garin could not achieve.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini

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