ENFORCED

enforced, implemented

(adjective) forced or compelled or put in force; “a life of enforced inactivity”; “enforced obedience”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

enforced

simple past tense and past participle of enforce

Anagrams

• confeder

Source: Wiktionary


En*forced", a.

Definition: Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." Shak.

– En*for"ced*ly, adv. Shak.

ENFORCE

En*force", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enforced; p. pr. & vb. n. Enforcing.] Etym: [OF. enforcier to strengthen, force, F. enforcir; pref. en- (L. in) + F. force. See Force.]

1. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands. Inward joy enforced my heart to smile. Shak.

2. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage. "Enforcing furious way." Spenser.

3. To put in motion or action by violence; to drive. As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings. Shak.

4. To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests. Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity. Burke.

5. To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.

6. To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon. Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak.

En*force, v. i.

1. To attempt by force. [Obs.]

2. To prove; to evince. [R.] Hooker.

3. To strengthen; to grow strong. [Obs.] Chaucer.

En*force", n.

Definition: Force; strength; power. [Obs.] A petty enterprise of small enforce. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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