reenforce > define

verb

• Make stronger.
  • usage: "he reinforced the concrete"
  • synonyms: reinforce

• (v.) Something which reenforces or strengthens.
• (v.) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc.
• (v.) 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).
• (v.t.) 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.