Crossword clues for reenforce
reenforce
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reenforce \Re`["e]n*force"\, n. [See Re["e]nforce, v., and cf. Ranforce, Reinforce.] Something which re["e]nforces or strengthens. Specifically:
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.
An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc. [Written also reinforce.]
Reenforce \Re`["e]n*force"\ (-f?rs"), v. t. [Pref. re- + enforce: cf. F. renforcer.]
To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to re["e]nforce an argument; to re["e]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.]
(Psychology) To increase the likelihood that (a specific behavior) will be repeated by giving a reward or punishment to a person or animal; as, to reenforce the students' willingness to study by giving awards for good grades.
Wiktionary
vb. (alternative spelling of re-enforce English)
WordNet
v. make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete" [syn: reinforce]
Usage examples of "reenforce".
General Pope, now reenforced by the commands of Generals Sumner and Franklin, had been enabled to hold his ground until night.
Around him the wind moaned against the tents, the drumming of the plastic adding to the medley, reenforcing rather than blanketing the catholic noise.
He was Colonel George Rogers Clark,1 Commander-in-chief of the backwoodsmen of Kentucky, whose power was reenforced by that strange thing called an education.
During all this time the wild-boars and native buffaloes, reenforced by the ajoub--a very dangerous species of lamantine --carried on their ferocious revels in the bushes and under the waters of the lake, filling the night with a hideous concert.
Hull-metal and multiple layers of reenforced concrete-plaz lay above.
She reenforces herself with a variety of bugs, worms, and vermin, and weeds, unknown to the savage state, in order to make war upon the things of our planting.
Federal Secretary Stanton says he can reenforce Suwarrow Grant at his leisure whenever he calls for more.