enfor cement

[Eng. enforce; -ment.] *1. The act of giving force or strength to. "Such a newe herte and lusty corage canste thou never come by of thyne owne strength and enforcement." -Udall: Romaynes (Prol.) 2. The act of forcing or compelling; compulsion, restraint. "Confe 'twas hers, and by what rough enforcement You got it from her." Shakesp.: All's Well , v. 8. *3. The act of violating or ravishing. "His enforcement of the city wives." Shakesp.: Richard III., iii. 7. *4. That which gives force, energy, or effect; sanction. "The rewards and punishments of another life, which the Almighty has established as the enforcements of his law, are of weight enough to determine the choice." Locke . *5. A motive or ground of conviction or belief. "The personal descent of God himself, and the a umption of our flesh to his divinity, was an enforcement beyond all the methods of wisdom that were ever made use of in the world."-Hammond. 6. A pre ing exigence or demand; nece ity. "More than I have said, The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell on." Shakesp.: Richard III., v. 3. 7. Anything which exercises a constraining power on the mind or body. "Let gentlene my strong enforcement be." Shakesp.: As You Like It, ii. 7. 8. The enforcing or carrying out strictly of a law. ěn-förç-er, s. [Eng. enforc(e); er] One who or that which enforces, constrains, or compels. "Pardon me, sir, I'll be no love enforcer." Beaum. & Flet.: Maid of the Mill , v. i. ěn-förç'-I-ble, a. [Eng. enforce; -able.] That may or can be enforced; capable of being en forced. "Grounded upon plain testimonies of Scripture, and enforcible by good reason."-Barrow: Sermons. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; enfreeze