reenforce
reenforce is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reënforce an argument; to reënforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet. [Written also reinforce.]
- 2.Something which reënforces or strengthens. Specifically: (a) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon. (b) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accession
- accompaniment
- accrue
- add
- addition
- adjection
- advene
- affix
- annex
- annexation
- append
- augment
- become
- clap
- increase
- increment
- ingraft
- insert
- insertion
- interpose
- interposition
- introduce
- junction
- reinforce
- reinforcement
- restrengthen
- saddle
- sprinkle
- subjoin
- superadd
- superaddition
- superfetation
- superpose
- superposition
- supervene
- supplement
- swell
- tack
- tag
- the
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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