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Synonyms for enforces
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-fawrs, -fohrs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs |
Top 10 synonyms for enforces Other synonyms for the word enforces
- administrate
- coerce
- commandeer
- compel
- constrain
- crack down
- demand
- dictate
- discharge
- dragoon
- drive
- effect
- egg on
- emphasize
- exact
- execute
- exert
- expect
- extort
- force upon
- fortify
- fulfill
- goad
- hound
- impel
- incite
- insist on
- lash
- lean on
- make
- necessitate
- oblige
- perform
- press
- put into effect
- put screws to
- sanction
- spur
- strain
- stress
- strong-arm
- support
- urge
- whip
- wrest
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for enforces
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