variants:
or less commonly reenforce
reinforced also reenforced; reinforcing also reenforcing; reinforces also reenforces
Definition of reinforce
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 sense 3) also : to encourage (a response) by reinforcement
: to seek or get reinforcements
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The first known use of reinforce was in the 15th century
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