enforce

  • 31enforce — To put into execution; to cause to take effect; to make effective; as, to enforce a particular law, a writ, a judgment, or the collection of a debt or fine; to compel obedience to. See e.g. attachment; execution; garnishment …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 32enforce — To put into execution; to cause to take effect; to make effective; as, to enforce a particular law, a writ, a judgment, or the collection of a debt or fine; to compel obedience to. See e.g. attachment; execution; garnishment …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 33enforce censorship — index censor, expurgate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 34enforce obedience — index constrain (compel), force (coerce), rule (govern) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 35enforce payment — index excise (levy a tax) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 36enforce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. compel, force, oblige; urge, lash, goad; strengthen; execute, sanction, put in force. See compulsion, cause.Ant., neglect, overlook. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To add strength] Syn. reinforce, fortify …

    English dictionary for students

  • 37enforce — en·force || ɪn fɔːs v. compel, force; administer; strengthen, intensify …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 38enforce — verb compel compliance with (a law, rule, or obligation). ↘cause to happen by necessity or force. Derivatives enforceability noun enforceable adjective enforced adjective enforcedly adverb enforcement noun enforcer noun …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 39enforce — v. a. 1. Give force to, urge with energy, set forth strongly, impress on the mind. 2. Put in execution, put in force, compel obedience to, have executed or obeyed. 3. Constrain, compel, oblige, force, require …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 40enforce — v 1. implement, put into effect or force, bring to bear, Inf. clamp down, Inf. crack down, get tough, toughen or tighten up; prosecute, follow up, back up, carry through; carry out, execute, perform, discharge; complete, accomplish, put through,… …

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