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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Reenforce

Rē'-en-fōrçe', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. RE-ENFORCED (-fōrst'); p. pr. & vb. n. RE-ENFORCING.] [Prefix re and enforce; Fr. renforcer, It. rinforzare, Sp. reforzar, Pr. reforzar.] To strengthen with new force, assistance, or support; as, to re-enforce an argument; especially, to strengthen, as an army or a fort, with additional troops, or a navy with additional ships. [Written also RE-INFORCE.]

Rē'-en-förçe', n.

noun

n. [See supra, and cf. RANFORCE, RE-INFORCE.] (Artil.) That part of a gun near the breech which is stronger than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the powder.