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Re-enforce

RE-ENFORCE

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Verb.
T.
[re and enforce.] To strengthen with new force, assistance or support, as to re-enforce an argument; but particularly, to strengthen an army or a fort with additional troops, or a navy with additional ships.

Definition 2024


re-enforce

re-enforce

See also: reenforce and reënforce

English

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Verb

re-enforce (third-person singular simple present re-enforces, present participle re-enforcing, simple past and past participle re-enforced)

  1. To enforce again; to re-emphasize.

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with reinforce, though it is sometimes used as a synonym.

Derived terms

  • re-enforcement

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