enforce

suomi-englanti sanakirja

enforce englannista suomeksi

To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force. (defdate)

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1929, (w), quoted in “Nationalist Notes,” ''(w)'', 11 February, 1929,https://web.archive.org/web/20130721131625/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737333,00.html

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.

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To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize. (defdate)

''The victim was able to enforce his evidence against the alleged perpetrator.''

To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc. (defdate)
To intensify, make stronger, add force to. (defdate)
To exert oneself, to try hard. (defdate)
(RQ:Malory Le Morte Darthur)
To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force. (defdate)
(RQ:Marlowe Edward 2)
(RQ:Burton Melancholy)had been hunting late, and were enforced to lodge in a poor cottage.
(quote-book)
To make or gain by force; to force.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
(RQ:Marlowe Tamburlaine)
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 5)
To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy.

''to enforce arguments or requests''