Bind
Enforce
Enforce verb - To carry out effectively.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Small, barely perceptible spirits are everywhere, and as a result of years of tradition, have been convinced to enforce the various laws that bind practitioners, such as that they Cannot Tell a Lie, by removing power from those that break the laws.
Source: Clap Your Hands If You Believe - The Hammerites work to please their creator god, the Builder; they enforce order and venerate works of the hands and the forge, bending wood and breaking stone for tools to build over and bind natural chaos to human dominion.
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