enforced

Meaning

simple past and past participle of enforce

enforce

  1. To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.
  2. To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To intensify, make stronger, add force to.
  5. (obsolete, reflexive) To exert oneself, to try hard.
  6. (obsolete) To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force.
  7. (obsolete) To make or gain by force; to force.
  8. (obsolete) To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
  9. (obsolete) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to energize.
  10. (obsolete) To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
  11. (obsolete) To prove; to evince.

Frequency

22k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈfoɹst/

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