0 present participle of enforce
1 to make people obey a law, or to make a particular situation happen or be accepted:
Enforcing anonymity and secure communication channels can also help avoid many common pitfalls.
We first change the semantics of the comma operator, by enforcing a sequence point between the (left-to-right) evaluation of the two operands.
Enforcing local copyright was a low priority for a government struggling to maintain basic law and order.
Subsequent interactions with other cortical systems sustain activation of the posterior long-term memory networks, thereby enforcing temporary retention of the information.
He introduces constraints enforcing proper parsing of segments by syllables.
Rather than face the repercussions of enforcing unpopular laws on them, they usually preferred to risk severe penalties for inaction and non-reporting.
By the 1990s, the regulatory agency realized the need for more stringent standards in enforcing regulations.
However, as discussed above, the mechanisms for enforcing compliance are not indifferent for the outcome.
