Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENFORCED

pp. Strengthened; gained by force; driven; compelled; urged; carried into effect.

 

ENFORCEDLY

adv. By violence; not by choice.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENFORCED

ENFORCED En *forced ", a.

 

Defn: Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong. " "Enforced smiles." Shak. -- En *for "ced *ly, adv. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

enforced

en forced |enˈfôrst ɪnˈfɔːrst | ▶adjective caused by necessity or force; compulsory: a period of enforced idleness. DERIVATIVES en forc ed ly |-sidlē |adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

enforced

en |forced |ɪnˈfɔːst | ▶adjective caused by necessity or force; compulsory: a period of enforced idleness. DERIVATIVES enforcedly |-sɪdli |adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

enforced

enforced adjective an enforced break from work: compulsory, obligatory, mandatory, involuntary, forced, imposed, required, requisite, stipulated, prescribed, contractual, binding, necessary, unavoidable, inescapable. ANTONYMS voluntary.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

enforced

enforced adjective an enforced break from work: compulsory, obligatory, mandatory, involuntary, forced, exacted, coerced, imposed, demanded, required, requisite, stipulated, contractual, binding, necessitated, necessary, unavoidable, inescapable, obliged, impelled, constrained, dictated, ordained, prescribed; French de rigueur. ANTONYMS voluntary.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

enforced

en f ó rced /-t /形容詞 強制的な, 押しつけられた, しかたのない .