Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enforced"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Enforced \En*forced"\, a.
Compelled; forced; not voluntary. ``Enforced wrong.''
``Enforced smiles.'' --Shak. -- {En*for"ced*ly}, adv. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Enforce \En*force"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enforced}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Enforcing}.] [OF. enforcier to strengthen, force, F.
enforcir; pref. en- (L. in) + F. force. See {Force}.]
1. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as,
to enforce obedience to commands.

Inward joy enforced my heart to smile. --Shak.

2. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to
enforce a passage. ``Enforcing furious way.'' --Spenser.

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

As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian
slings. --Shak.

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

Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity. --Burke.

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; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.

Enforce him with his envy to the people. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

enforced
adj : forced or compelled or put in force; "a life of enforced
inactivity"; "enforced obedience" [syn: {implemented}]
[ant: {unenforced}]


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