Reinforce

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reinforce \Re`in*force"\ (-f?rs"), v. t.
     See {Reenforce}, v. t.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Reinforce \Re`in*force"\, n.
     See {Reenforce}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reenforce \Re`en*force"\, n. [See {Reenforce}, v., and cf.
     {Ranforce}, {Reinforce}.]
     Something which reenforces 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. [Written also
         {reinforce}.]
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reenforce \Re`en*force"\, Re-enforce \Re`-en*force"\(-f?rs"), v.
     t. [Pref. re- + enforce: cf. F. renforcer.]
     1. To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or
        support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a
        garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops,
        as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a
        fleet. [Written also {reinforce}.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (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.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reinforce
       v 1: make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete" [syn: {reenforce}]
       2: strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good
          behavior" [syn: {reward}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  119 Moby Thesaurus words for "reinforce":
     accelerate, add to, affirm, afford support, aggravate, attest,
     augment, authenticate, back, back up, bear, bear out, bear up,
     beef up, blow up, bolster, bolster up, brace, brace up, buoy up,
     buttress, carry, case harden, certify, circumstantiate, complicate,
     concentrate, condense, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, cradle,
     crutch, cushion, deepen, document, double, energize, enhance,
     enlarge, exacerbate, exaggerate, finance, fortify, fund, gird,
     give support, harden, heat up, heighten, hold, hold up, hop up,
     hot up, increase, intensify, invigorate, jazz up, keep,
     keep afloat, keep up, key up, lend support, magnify, mainstay,
     maintain, make complex, multiply, nerve, pillar, pillow, probate,
     prop, prop up, prove, ramify, ratify, recruit, redouble, refresh,
     reinvigorate, restrengthen, rigidify, screw up, sharpen, shore,
     shore up, shoulder, soup up, stay, steel, step up, stiffen,
     strengthen, subsidize, substantiate, subvention, subventionize,
     supplement, support, sustain, temper, tense, tighten, toughen,
     trice up, triple, underbrace, undergird, underlie, underpin,
     underset, upbear, uphold, upkeep, validate, verify, warrant,
     whet