Enforce

Verb

 * 1)  To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc.
 * 2)  To intensify, make stronger, add force to.
 * 3)  To exert oneself, to try hard.
 * 4) *1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
 * I pray you enforce youreselff at that justis that ye may be beste, for my love.
 * 1) To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize.
 * The victim was able to enforce his evidence against the alleged perpetrator.
 * 1)  To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force.
 * 2) *1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.iv:
 * Uladislaus the Second, King of Poland, and Peter Dunnius, Earl of Shrine [...] had been hunting late, and were enforced to lodge in a poor cottage.
 * 1) To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.
 * The police are there to enforce the law.

Adverbs for Enforce
rigorously; arrogantly; rigidly; stringently; steadily; strictly;  promptly;  obstinately; sufficiently; aggressively; roughly; nominally; doggedly; painstakingly.

Synonyms for Enforce
compel, coerce, persuade, constrain, strain, drive, exert, execute, exact, require, urge, oblige, force, necessitate, press, impel.

Antonyms for Enforce
neglect, disregard, restrain, omit, drop, dodge, abandon, slight, overlook, dismiss, default, leave, quit, forego, renounce, give up.

Derived terms

 * enforcer
 * enforcement

Thesaurus
abide by, accomplish, adhere to, administer, apply, bestow, bind, bring to bear, browbeat, bully, carry out, carry through, cause, cause to, coerce, compel, complete, constrain, demand, discharge, dose, dose with, drive, effect, effectuate, enforce upon, execute, fill out, force, force upon, fulfill, give, have, honor, impel, implement, impose, impose on, impose upon, impress upon, inflict, insist on, insist upon, intimidate, invoke, lay on, lean on, make, make out, mete out to, oblige, observe, perform, prescribe for, press, promulgate, prosecute, put in force, put in practice, put into effect, put into execution, put on, put through, put to use, put upon, railroad, reinforce, render, require, restrain, stress, support, tie, transact, use force upon

Alternative forms

 * inforce

Etymology
From enforcier:, from  infortiare:, from in-: + fortis:.

Translations

 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch:
 * Czech: ,


 * Finnish:


 * : durchsetzen (1), bekräftigen


 * : (1)