[
  {
    "word": "enforce",
    "phonetic": "/\u026an\u02c8f\u0254\u02d0s/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u026an\u02c8f\u0254\u02d0s/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u026an\u02c8f\u0254\u0279s/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The police are there to enforce the law."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The victim was able to enforce his evidence against the alleged perpetrator."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To intensify, make stronger, add force to.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To exert oneself, to try hard.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make or gain by force; to force.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to enforce a passage"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to enforce arguments or requests"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To prove; to evince.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enforce"
    ]
  }
]