Synonyms for enforce
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-fawrs, -fohrs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs |
Top 10 synonyms for enforce Other synonyms for the word enforce
- 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 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
- 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
Antonyms for enforce
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