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



Definition of enforces

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 :
  • Its code of morals is very short, very narrow, but it enforces what it has.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • "The judge who enforces the laws," said the man who had first spoken.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Princess of Oz » by L. Frank Baum
  • A man is a churl who enforces laws, when he himself has not the strength to observe them.
  • Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy
  • The perusal of the testimony of many "white slaves" enforces this conclusion.
  • Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
  • The monarch should not blame one who enforces a recognised debt.
  • Extract from : « Hindu Law and Judicature » by Yjnavalkya
  • But the very difficulty argues and enforces the necessity of it.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on the Present Discontents » by Edmund Burke
  • It enforces a principle in the struggle for existence, a test in the survival of the fittest.
  • Extract from : « Number Seventeen » by Louis Tracy
  • Haste is the best thing that can happen to a letter; it enforces compression.
  • Extract from : « The Joys of Being a Woman » by Winifred Kirkland
  • And in so doing, it enforces the moral meaning of natural science.
  • Extract from : « Reconstruction in Philosophy » by John Dewey
  • What they accept and enforce as virtue, he accepts and enforces also.
  • Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4) » by George Grote

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