Definitions

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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of enforce

Etymologies

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enforce + -est

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Examples

  • By virtue, thou enforcest laughter; thy silly thought my spleen; the heaving of my lungs provokes me to ridiculous smiling.

    Love’s Labour ’s Lost 2004

  • By virtue, thou enforcest laughter; thy silly thought, my spleen; the heaving of my lungs provokes me to ridiculous smiling: O! pardon me, my stars.

    Act III. Scene I. Love’s Labour’s Lost 1914

  • By virtue, thou enforcest laughter; thy silly thought my spleen; the heaving of my lungs provokes me to ridiculous smiling.

    Love's Labour's Lost 1594

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