Less common spelling of reinforce
transitive verb
1
:to strengthen by additional assistance, material, or support :make stronger or more pronounced
- reinforce levees
- reinforce the elbows of a jacket
- reinforce ideas
2
:to strengthen or increase by fresh additions
- reinforce our troops
- were reinforcing their pitching staff
3
:to stimulate (a subject, such as an experimental animal) by reinforcement (see reinforcement 3);
also
:to encourage (a response) by reinforcement
intransitive verb
:to seek or get reinforcements
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