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reinforce

/ˌɹi.ɪnˈfɔɹs/

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What does reinforce mean?

verb

  1. To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
  2. To emphasize or review.
  3. To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌɹi.ɪnˈfɔɹs/

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It is obvious that they oppose yet reinforce each other,--driving, lashing, spurring mankind on to new conquests or to certain ruin.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689
The Rochefort squadron did push out, and had nearly caught the AGAMEMNON and L'AIMABLE in their way to reinforce the British admiral.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
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It is to be hoped that successive observations of a more methodical kind will gradually reinforce the accuracy of this classification of symptoms.
Enrico FerriCriminal SociologyProject Gutenberg ebook #477
From this professor, Michael J. Pupin, came the idea of "loading" a telephone line, in such a way as to reinforce the electric current.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819
How shall art, science, and politics reinforce one another in an enriched temper of mind instead of constituting ends pursued at one another's expense?
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852