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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "enforcer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "enforcement"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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}
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "fro",
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"2": "LL.",
"3": "infortiāre"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English enforcen, from Old French enforcier, from Late Latin infortiāre, from in- + fortis (“strong”).",
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"tags": [
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},
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{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The police are there to enforce the law.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "1929, Chiang Kai-shek, quoted in “Nationalist Notes,” Time, 11 February, 1929,\nOur task is only half finished. It will be my duty to enforce the decisions of the conference and I hereby pledge myself to that end."
},
{
"ref": "2013 September 8, “The pulpit should be free of politics”, in Los Angeles Times:",
"text": "Far from needing to be repealed, the ban on politics in the pulpit ought to be enforced more aggressively.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force."
],
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"impose",
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],
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]
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{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nalagam",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "налагам"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "實施"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shíshī",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "实施"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "執行"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhíxíng",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "执行"
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{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
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"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "prosazovat"
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{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "vynucovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep up",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "udržovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep up",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vynutit"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "handhaven"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "eldevigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "valvoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "ylläpitää"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aɣsruleba",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "აღსრულება"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aɣasrulebs",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "აღასრულებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "vollstrecken"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "érvényre juttat"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "érvényt szerez"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "érvényesít"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "betartat"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "elfogadtat"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "keresztülvisz"
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"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
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"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "kikényszerít"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "kierőszakol"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "végrehajt"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "megvalósít"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "fenntart"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "cuir i bhfeidhm"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "applicare"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "rispettare"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "fare rispettare"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "hacer cumplir"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "hacer respetar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "aplicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "es",
"english": "Greater United States",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "enforzar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "imponer"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "upprätthålla"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The victim was able to enforce his evidence against the alleged perpetrator.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize."
],
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"affirm",
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],
[
"emphasize",
"emphasize"
]
],
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"_dis1": "7 62 5 3 2 3 0 10 3 3 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nastojavam",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "настоявам"
},
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"_dis1": "7 62 5 3 2 3 0 10 3 3 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to affirm",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "potvrdit"
},
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"_dis1": "7 62 5 3 2 3 0 10 3 3 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"imperfective"
],
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"_dis1": "7 62 5 3 2 3 0 10 3 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 62 5 3 2 3 0 10 3 3 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "megerősít"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 62 5 3 2 3 0 10 3 3 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "hangsúlyoz"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 62 5 3 2 3 0 10 3 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "far valere"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 62 5 3 2 3 0 10 3 3 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "håndheve"
}
]
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"To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc."
],
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"(obsolete, transitive) To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc."
],
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]
},
{
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"To intensify, make stronger, add force to."
],
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"intensify"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To intensify, make stronger, add force to."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "8 3 9 31 5 5 3 14 7 8 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zesílit"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 3 9 31 5 5 3 14 7 8 7",
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"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zesilovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 3 9 31 5 5 3 14 7 8 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 3 9 31 5 5 3 14 7 8 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "intensifier"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 3 9 31 5 5 3 14 7 8 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "erősít"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 3 9 31 5 5 3 14 7 8 7",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "felerősít"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 3 9 31 5 5 3 14 7 8 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "fokoz"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 3 9 31 5 5 3 14 7 8 7",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "intensificare"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 3 9 31 5 5 3 14 7 8 7",
"code": "es",
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{
"ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:",
"text": "I pray you enforce youreselff at that justis that ye may be beste, for my love.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To exert oneself, to try hard."
],
"id": "en-enforce-en-verb-S39-PC77",
"links": [
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, reflexive) To exert oneself, to try hard."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"reflexive"
],
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"_dis1": "7 3 6 5 40 4 2 12 4 11 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vynutit"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 5 40 4 2 12 4 11 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vynucovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 5 40 4 2 12 4 11 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "käyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 5 40 4 2 12 4 11 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "durchsetzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 5 40 4 2 12 4 11 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "erőfeszítést tesz"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 5 40 4 2 12 4 11 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "igyekszik"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 5 40 4 2 12 4 11 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "megerőlteti magát"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 5 40 4 2 12 4 11 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "sforzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 5 40 4 2 12 4 11 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "obliga"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):",
"text": "Sweete prince I come, these these thy amorous lines, / Might haue enforst me to haue swum from France, / And like Leander gaspt vpon the sande, / So thou wouldst smile and take me in thy armes.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 4, subsection iv:",
"text": "Uladislaus the Second, King of Poland, and Peter Dunnius, Earl of Shrine[…]had been hunting late, and were enforced to lodge in a poor cottage.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1899, E. OE. Somerville, Martin Ross, Some Experiences of an Irish R.M., Great Uncle McCarthy:",
"text": "In a few minutes I was stealthily groping my way down my own staircase, with a box of matches in my hand, enforced by scientific curiosity, but none the less armed with a stick.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force."
],
"id": "en-enforce-en-verb-9hnEpyRe",
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[
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"oblige"
],
[
"force",
"force"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prinuždavam",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "принуждавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přinutit"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "přinucovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "pakottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "imposer"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "obliger"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "kényszerít"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "rákényszerít"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "ösztönöz"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "késztet"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "indít"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "costringere"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "forzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "obbligare"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 3 6 6 4 31 4 18 5 8 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "imporre"
}
]
},
{
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{
"text": "to enforce a passage",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 106:",
"text": "Ne shame he thought to shonne so hideous might, / The ydle stroke, enforcing furious way, / Missing the marke of his misaymed sight / Did fall to ground […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make or gain by force; to force."
],
"id": "en-enforce-en-verb-~J0Panmr",
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],
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"(obsolete) To make or gain by force; to force."
],
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]
},
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nalagam",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "налагам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "實施"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shíshī",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "实施"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "執行"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhíxíng",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "执行"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "prosazovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "vynucovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep up",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "udržovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep up",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vynutit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "handhaven"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "eldevigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "valvoa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "ylläpitää"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aɣsruleba",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "აღსრულება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aɣasrulebs",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "აღასრულებს"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "vollstrecken"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "érvényre juttat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "érvényt szerez"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "érvényesít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "betartat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "elfogadtat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "keresztülvisz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "kikényszerít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "kierőszakol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "végrehajt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "megvalósít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "fenntart"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "cuir i bhfeidhm"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "applicare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "rispettare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "fare rispettare"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "hacer cumplir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "hacer respetar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "aplicar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "Greater United States",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "enforzar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "imponer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep up",
"word": "upprätthålla"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nastojavam",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "настоявам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to affirm",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "potvrdit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to affirm",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "potvrzovat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "megerősít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "hangsúlyoz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "far valere"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to affirm",
"word": "håndheve"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ukrepjavam",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "укрепявам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "posílit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "posilovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "versterken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "renforcer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ischyropoió",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "ισχυροποιώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "megerősít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "megszilárdít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "rafforzare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "reforçar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "întări"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "reforzar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to strengthen",
"word": "förstärka"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zesílit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zesilovat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "intensifier"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "erősít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "felerősít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "fokoz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "intensificare"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to intensify",
"word": "intensificar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vynutit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vynucovat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "käyttää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "durchsetzen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "erőfeszítést tesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "igyekszik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "megerőlteti magát"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "sforzare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to exert oneself, try hard",
"word": "obliga"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prinuždavam",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "принуждавам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přinutit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "přinucovat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "pakottaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "imposer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "obliger"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "kényszerít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "rákényszerít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "ösztönöz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "késztet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "indít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "costringere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "forzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "obbligare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(obsolete in English) to compel",
"word": "imporre"
}
],
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}
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It will be my duty to enforce the decisions of the conference and I hereby pledge myself to that end.\"}, {\"ref\": \"2013 September 8, “The pulpit should be free of politics”, in Los Angeles Times:\", \"text\": \"Far from needing to be repealed, the ban on politics in the pulpit ought to be enforced more aggressively.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.\"], \"links\": [[\"impose\", \"impose\"], [\"force\", \"force\"]]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with usage examples\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"The victim was able to enforce his evidence against the alleged perpetrator.\", \"type\": \"example\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize.\"], \"links\": [[\"affirm\", \"affirm\"], [\"emphasize\", \"emphasize\"]]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with obsolete senses\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"glosses\": [\"To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc.\"], \"links\": [[\"strengthen\", \"strengthen\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(obsolete, transitive) To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc.\"], \"tags\": [\"obsolete\", \"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with obsolete senses\", \"English transitive verbs\"], \"glosses\": [\"To intensify, make stronger, add force to.\"], \"links\": [[\"intensify\", \"intensify\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(obsolete, transitive) To intensify, make stronger, add force to.\"], \"tags\": [\"obsolete\", \"transitive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English reflexive verbs\", \"English terms with obsolete senses\", \"Middle English terms with quotations\", \"Requests for translations of Middle English quotations\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:\", \"text\": \"I pray you enforce youreselff at that justis that ye may be beste, for my love.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To exert oneself, to try hard.\"], \"links\": [[\"exert\", \"exert\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(obsolete, reflexive) To exert oneself, to try hard.\"], \"tags\": [\"obsolete\", \"reflexive\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with obsolete senses\", \"English terms with quotations\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):\", \"text\": \"Sweete prince I come, these these thy amorous lines, / Might haue enforst me to haue swum from France, / And like Leander gaspt vpon the sande, / So thou wouldst smile and take me in thy armes.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}, {\"ref\": \"1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 4, subsection iv:\", \"text\": \"Uladislaus the Second, King of Poland, and Peter Dunnius, Earl of Shrine[…]had been hunting late, and were enforced to lodge in a poor cottage.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}, {\"ref\": \"1899, E. OE. Somerville, Martin Ross, Some Experiences of an Irish R.M., Great Uncle McCarthy:\", \"text\": \"In a few minutes I was stealthily groping my way down my own staircase, with a box of matches in my hand, enforced by scientific curiosity, but none the less armed with a stick.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force.\"], \"links\": [[\"compel\", \"compel\"], [\"oblige\", \"oblige\"], [\"force\", \"force\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(obsolete) To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force.\"], \"tags\": [\"obsolete\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with obsolete senses\", \"English terms with quotations\", \"English terms with usage examples\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"to enforce a passage\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"ref\": \"1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. 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