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English Dictionary: Reinforce by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reinforce
v
  1. make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete" [syn: reinforce, reenforce]
  2. strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior"
    Synonym(s): reinforce, reward
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Re89nforce \Re`[89]n*force"\ (-f?rs"), v. t. [Pref. re- +
      enforce: cf. F. renforcer.]
      To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or
      support; as, to re[89]nforce an argument; to re[89]nforce a
      garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as
      an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet.
      [Written also {reinforce}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reinforce \Re`in*force"\ (-f?rs"), v. t.
      See {Re[89]nforce}, v. t.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reinforce \Re`in*force"\, n.
      See {Re[89]nforce}, n.
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