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REENFORCE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they reenforce ... he / she / it reenforces
Past simple: reenforced
Past participle: reenforced
-ing form: reenforcing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make stronger
Example:
he reinforced the concrete
Synonyms:
reenforce; reinforce
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "reenforce" is one way to...):
beef up; fortify; strengthen (make strong or stronger)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reenforce"):
buttress (reinforce with a buttress)
line (reinforce with fabric)
bolster; bolster up (support and strengthen)
mine (lay mines)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
reenforcement (a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission)
