Dictionary Entry
enforce
enforce is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
- 2transitive verb
To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.
- 3transitive verb
To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
- 4transitive verb
To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.
- 5transitive verb
To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
- 6transitive verb
To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
- 7intransitive verb
To attempt by force.
- 8intransitive verb
To prove; to evince.
- 9intransitive verb
To strengthen; to grow strong.
- 10noun
Force; strength; power.
- 11verb
ensure observance of laws and rules
"Apply the rules to everyone"
- 12verb
compel to behave in a certain way
"Social relations impose courtesy"
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