"re-enforce" meaning in English

See re-enforce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: re-enforces [present, singular, third-person], re-enforcing [participle, present], re-enforced [participle, past], re-enforced [past]
Etymology: From re- + enforce. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|enforce}} re- + enforce Head templates: {{en-verb}} re-enforce (third-person singular simple present re-enforces, present participle re-enforcing, simple past and past participle re-enforced)
  1. To enforce again; to re-emphasize. Synonyms: reenforce, reënforce Derived forms: re-enforcement
    Sense id: en-re-enforce-en-verb-k~67TJi3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

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