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Word entry · 7 letters

enforce

Best crossword clue

"Make obey"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈfoɹs/Part of speech verbSorted ceefnorStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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  • Far from needing to be repealed, the ban on politics in the pulpit ought to be enforced more aggressively.

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