| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands. 2. (v. t.) To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage. 3. (v. t.) To put in motion or action by violence; to drive. 4. (v. t.) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests. 5. (v. t.) To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws. 6. (v. t.) To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon. 7. (v. i.) To attempt by force. 8. (v. i.) To prove; to evince. 9. (v. i.) To strengthen; to grow strong. 10. (n.) Force; strength; power. | Multi-Version Concordance Enforce (1 Occurrence) Daniel 6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. (See NAS RSV NIV) |