En*force", n. Force; strength; power. [Obs.]

A petty enterprise of small enforce.

Milton.

En*force"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being enforced.

En*forced" (?), a. Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." Shak. -- En*for"ced*ly, adv. Shak.

En*force"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. enforcement.] 1. The act of enforcing; compulsion.

He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them.

Sir W. Raleigh.

Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement

You got it from her.

Shak.

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