noun.
Force; strength; power.
To increase the force or strength of; make strong; strengthen; fortify.
To urge or impress with force or energy; make forcible, clear, or intelligible: as, to enforce remarks or arguments.
To gain or extort by force or compulsion; compel: as, to enforce obedience.
To put or keep in force; compel obedience to; cause to be executed or performed: as, to enforce laws or rules.
To discharge with force; hurl; throw.
To impel; constrain; force.
To press or urge, as with a charge.
To prove; evince.
To force; violate; ravish.
Reflexively, to strain one's self; put forth one's greatest exertion.
Synonyms Extort, etc. See exact, v. t.
To grow strong; become fierce or active; increase.
To strive; exert one's self.
To make headway.