enforce
verb
[ ɪnˈfɔːs ]
• compel observance of or compliance with (a law, rule, or obligation).
• "the role of the police is to enforce the law"
Similar:
impose,
apply,
carry out,
administer,
implement,
bring to bear,
discharge,
fulfil,
execute,
prosecute,
effectuate,
force,
compel,
exact,
extort,
demand,
insist on,
require,
necessitate,
constrain,
Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘strive’ and ‘impel by force’; formerly also as inforce ): from Old French enforcir, enforcier, based on Latin in- ‘in’ + fortis ‘strong’.
