Crossword clues for enforcing
enforcing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enforce \En*force"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enforced; p. pr. & vb. n. Enforcing.] [OF. enforcier to strengthen, force, F. enforcir; pref. en- (L. in) + F. force. See Force.]
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To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
Inward joy enforced my heart to smile.
--Shak. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage. ``Enforcing furious way.''
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To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings.
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To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.
Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity.
--Burke. To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
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To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
Enforce him with his envy to the people.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of enforce lang= en)
Usage examples of "enforcing".
After all, one of the problems with enforcing the sanctions against Iraq is the skill with which the Iraqis have camouflaged their nefarious activities.
Since then, the 7th Fleet has been responsible for enforcing this sanction.
From then on he devoted himself body and soul to the ideal of enforcing the peace.
Neural nanonics overrode all natural human feelings of panic, enforcing a smooth threat response from his body.
Weapons engagement authorization was granted to all the police personnel responsible for enforcing the curfew order.
The ever-dependable Sergeant Walsh remained virtually emotionless, the two detectives, Feroze and Manby, wary and working out angles, genuine disquiet among the junior patrol officers—who knew full well they’d have the dirty job of actually going out in their cars and enforcing the curfew order.
As if in reaction to its Chinese-ethnic ancestry, and all the clutter of authoritarian tradition which came with that, the asteroid was notoriously lax when it came to enforcing CAB regulations and scrutinizing the legitimacy of cargo manifests.
That could be a significant weakness given the sheer quantity of problems he must be facing in enforcing his rule.
You have transport and assault starships which aren’t really involved with enforcing the civil starflight quarantine.
If anything, the possessed were now enforcing the original curfew with a greater efficiency than the police ever had.
He wasn't enforcing absurd sexual harassment guidelines while dropping his pants in front of a half-dozen subordinates.
As Ken Starr can attest, Democrats make it extremely difficult for people to do their jobs when that consists of enforcing the law.
At the same time, Resolution 1284 preserved the military embargo and the United Nations' control over Iraq's finances, which was essential to enforcing the arms ban.
Moreover, Saudi Arabia relies strongly on the argument that the United States is simply enforcing the U.
Iraq's intelligence services are charged principally with enforcing internal security.