Definitions of enforce

1. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.

2. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.

3. To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.

4. To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.

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 or compel; to execute with vigor.

7. To gain by force: to give force to: to put in force: to give effect to: to urge.

8. To compel by force; put in force; urge.

9. To execute, as laws.

10. To exact or obtain by force.

11. To urge forcibly; impress.

12. To prove; to evince.

13. To strengthen; to grow strong.

14. ensure observance of laws and rules; " Apply the rules to everyone";

15. To constrain; to compel; to urge with energy; to give strength or force to; to impress on the mind.

16. Force; strength; power.

17. Enforcement.