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

1. transitive verb. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
2. transitive verb. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.
3. transitive verb. To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
4. transitive verb. To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.
5. transitive verb. To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
6. transitive verb. To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
7. intransitive verb. To attempt by force.
8. intransitive verb. To prove; to evince.
9. intransitive verb. To strengthen; to grow strong.
10. noun. Force; strength; power.
11. verb. ensure observance of laws and rules

    "Apply the rules to everyone"

    Synonyms: apply, implement

12. verb. compel to behave in a certain way

    "Social relations impose courtesy"

    Synonyms: impose

Synonyms

apply, implement, impose

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in enforce:

forcene

Common word forms

enforced, enforcer, enforces, enforcing, enforceable, enforcement

Words from these letters

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