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reinforce Definition


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reinforce
verb
    1. To strengthen or give additional support to something.
      Thesaurus: strengthen, supplement, bolster, steel, augment, fortify, support, buttress; Antonym: undermine, weaken.
    2. To stress or emphasize.
      Example: reinforced his argument
    3. To make (an army, force, etc) stronger by providing additional soldiers, weapons, etc.
Derivative: reinforcement
    The act of reinforcing.
    Anything which reinforces.
    Soldiers, weapons, etc added to an army, force, etc to make it stronger.
      Thesaurus: support, reserves, backup, auxiliaries.
Etymology: 17c: from French renforcer.



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