Enflesh
(En*flesh") v. t. To clothe with flesh. [Obs.]
Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him.
Florio. Enflower
(En*flow"er) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enflowered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enflowering.] To cover or
deck with flowers. [Poetic]
These odorous and enflowered fields.
B. Jonson. Enfold
(En*fold") v. t. To infold. See Infold.
Enfoldment
(En*fold"ment) n. The act of infolding. See Infoldment.
Enforce
(En*force") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enforced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enforcing ] [OF. enforcier to strengthen,
force, F. enforcir; pref. en- (L. in) + F. force. See Force.]
1. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
Inward joy enforced my heart to smile.
Shak. 2. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage. "Enforcing furious way." Spenser.
3. To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
As swift as stones
Enforced from the old Assyrian slings.
Shak. 4. To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.
Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity.
Burke. 5. To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
6. To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
Enforce him with his envy to the people.
Shak. Enforce
(En*force) v. i.
1. To attempt by force. [Obs.]
2. To prove; to evince. [R.] Hooker.
3. To strengthen; to grow strong. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Enforce
(En*force"), n. Force; strength; power. [Obs.]
A petty enterprise of small enforce.
Milton.
