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reinforce

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Verb (transitive)
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re=in=force

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb reinforce has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

reinforcev. t. 
reinforcen. 

OXFORD DICTIONARY

reinforce, v.tr. strengthen or support, esp. with additional personnel or material or by an increase of numbers or quantity or size etc.

Idiom
reinforced concrete concrete with metal bars or wire etc. embedded to increase its tensile strength.
Derivative
reinforcer n.
Etymology
earlier renforce f. F renforcer

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

reinforce

Restoration

VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.

Addition

VB add, annex, affix, superadd, subjoin, superpose, clap on, saddle on, tack to, append, tag, ingraft, saddle with, sprinkle, introduce, insert, become added, accrue, advene, supervene, reinforce, reenforce, restrengthen, swell the ranks of, augment.

Aid

VB aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid, come to the aid, of, contribute, subscribe to, bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid, give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand, give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn, take by the hand, take in tow, help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to, relieve, rescue, set up, set agoing, set on one's legs, bear through, pull through, give new life to, be the making of, reinforce, reenforce, recruit, set forward, put forward, push forward, give a lift, give a shove, give an impulse to, promote, further, forward, advance expedite, speed, quicken, hasten, support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster, cradle, nourish, nurture, nurse, dry nurse, suckle, put out to nurse, manure, cultivate, force, foster, cherish, foment, feed the flame, fan the flame, serve, do service to, tender to, pander to, administer to, subminister to, minister to, tend, attend, wait on, take care of, entertain, smooth the bed of death, oblige, accommodate, consult the wishes of, humor, cheer, encourage, second, stand by, back, back up, pay the piper, abet, work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for, take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of, advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service, squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize, lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to, smile upon, shine upon, favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of, side with, be of use to, subserve, benefit, render a service, conduce.

Strength

VB be strong, be stronger, overmatch, render strong, give strength, strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird, screw up, wind up, set up, gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins, recruit, set on one's legs, vivify, refresh, refect, reinforce, reenforce.

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