From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en] [obsolete]
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], from [en], from [la] + [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [ĭnfôrsʹ] , [ĕn-] , [en] , [1] [/ɛn-/] [2] [3]
- [en] , <ref name="Cambridge"/> [/ɛn-/] [4]
- [en]
- [-fōrsʹ] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force . [from 17th c.]
2. * 1929 , [Chiang Kai-shek] , quoted in “Nationalist Notes,” _[Time (magazine)]_ , 11 February, 1929, <sup> see https://web.archive.org/web/20130721131625/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737333,00.html </sup>
3. *: Our 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.
4. * {{ quote-journal | en | title=The pulpit should be free of politics | journal=w:Los Angeles Times | date=8 September 2013 | titleurl=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/08/opinion/la-ed-irs-church-political-campaign-johnson-amendm-20130908
|passage=Far from needing to be repealed, the ban on politics in the pulpit
ought to be ENFORCED more aggressively.}}
1. To give strength or force to; to affirm , to emphasize . [from 15th c.]
2. [en] To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc. [14th–18th c.]
3. [en] To intensify , make stronger, add force to. [14th–18th c.]
4. [en] To exert oneself, to try hard. [14th–17th c.]
5. * [ book=VII]
6. [en] To compel , oblige (someone or something); to force . [from 16th c.]
7. * [year=1622]
8. * [edition=2nd]
9. * [en]
10. [en] To make or gain by force; to force .
11. * [book=I]
12. [en] To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
13. * [part=1]
14. * [act=IV]
15. [en] To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to energize.
16. * [letter=1]
17. [en] To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
18. * [act=III]
19. [en] To prove ; to evince .
20. * [chapter=Preface]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[to keep up]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Maori: [mi]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] [of taxes]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [Greater United States] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to affirm]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Norwegian:
[trans-bottom]
[_(obsolete in English)_ to strengthen]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[_(obsolete in English)_ to intensify]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[_(obsolete in English)_ to exert oneself, try hard]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Romanian: [ro]
[trans-bottom]
[_(obsolete in English)_ to compel]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- German: [de] (1), [de]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
References:
[1]. [R:Cambridge] (has "US /ɪnˈfɔːrs/, UK /ɪnˈfɔːs/")
[2]. [R:Dictionary.com]
[3]. [R:Century 1911]
[4]. [R:New English Dictionary]
*** Anagrams
- [en]