enforce
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
enforce/ɪnˈfɔːs/
▶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.
enforceability noun,
enforceable adjective,
enforced adjective,
enforcedly adverb,
enforcement noun,
enforcer noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. enforcir, enforcier, based on L. in- ‘in’ + fortis ‘strong’.
'enforce' also found in these Oxford entries:
advisory
- authority
- estreat
- exact
- posse
- prefect
- reinforce
- sanction
- tidewaiter
- trustbuster
- umpire
- unenforceable
- writ
