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ENFORCED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Forced or compelled or put in force

Example:

enforced obedience

Synonyms:

enforced; implemented

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

unenforced (not enforced; not compelled especially by legal or police action)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb enforce

Credits

 Context examples: 

He looked at her with a smile, and a little motion of the head, which expressed, Come to me, I have something to say; and the unaffected, easy kindness of manner which denoted the feelings of an older acquaintance than he really was, strongly enforced the invitation.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Bessie would rather have stayed, but she was obliged to go, because punctuality at meals was rigidly enforced at Gateshead Hall.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Mrs. Ferrars at first reasonably endeavoured to dissuade him from marrying Miss Dashwood, by every argument in her power;—told him, that in Miss Morton he would have a woman of higher rank and larger fortune;—and enforced the assertion, by observing that Miss Morton was the daughter of a nobleman with thirty thousand pounds, while Miss Dashwood was only the daughter of a private gentleman with no more than THREE; but when she found that, though perfectly admitting the truth of her representation, he was by no means inclined to be guided by it, she judged it wisest, from the experience of the past, to submit—and therefore, after such an ungracious delay as she owed to her own dignity, and as served to prevent every suspicion of good-will, she issued her decree of consent to the marriage of Edward and Elinor.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. Grant, hearing the latter part of this speech, enforced it warmly, persuaded that no judgment could be equal to her brother's; and as Miss Bertram caught at the idea likewise, and gave it her full support, declaring that, in her opinion, it was infinitely better to consult with friends and disinterested advisers, than immediately to throw the business into the hands of a professional man, Mr. Rushworth was very ready to request the favour of Mr. Crawford's assistance; and Mr. Crawford, after properly depreciating his own abilities, was quite at his service in any way that could be useful.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)