Definitions
ensure observance of laws and rules
Word origin
From Middle English enforcen, from Old French enforcier, from Late Latin infortiāre, from in- + fortis (“strong”).
Used in a sentence
“The police are there to enforce the law.”
“1929, Chiang Kai-shek, quoted in “Nationalist Notes,” Time, 11 February, 1929, Our task is only half finished. It will be my duty to enforce the decisions of the conference and I hereby pledge myself to that end.”
“Far from needing to be repealed, the ban on politics in the pulpit ought to be enforced more aggressively.”
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