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enforced

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en·force  (n-fôrs, -frs)
tr.v. en·forced, en·forc·ing, en·forc·es
1. To compel observance of or obedience to: enforce a law.
2. To impose (a kind of behavior, for example): enforce military discipline.
3. To give force to; reinforce: "enforces its plea with a description of the pains of hell" (Albert C. Baugh).
[Middle English enforcen, from Old French enforcier, to exert force, compel, and from enforcir, to strengthen : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + force, strength; see force.]
en·forcea·bili·ty n.
en·forcea·ble adj.
en·forcement n.
en·forcer n.
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Adj.1.enforced - forced or compelled or put in force; "a life of enforced inactivity"; "enforced obedience"
implemented
unenforced - not enforced; not compelled especially by legal or police action; "too many unenforced laws can breed contempt for law"
enforced
adjective imposed, required, necessary, compelled, dictated, prescribed, compulsory, mandatory, constrained, ordained, obligatory, unavoidable, involuntary the announcement of an enforced air embargo on Iraq
Translations
enforced [ɪnˈfɔːst] ADJ [idleness, exile, silence] → forzoso, forzado
enforced [ɪnˈfɔːrst] adj [absence] → forcé(e); [departure, retirement] → forcé(e); [idleness] → forcé(e); [silence] → forcé(e)
enforced [ɪnˈfɔːst] adj → imposto/a, forzato/a
enforced [ɪnˈfɔːst] adj → imposto/a, forzato/a


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If, when the soldiers have become attached to you, punishments are not enforced, they will still be unless.
The Art of War by Sun, Tzu View in context
There is some difference of opinion whether this clause should be enforced by national or by State authority; but surely that difference is not a very material one.
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And this precept, my worthy disciples, if you read with due attention, you will, I hope, find sufficiently enforced by examples in the following pages.
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