reinforce

reinforce
verb
1 support sth that already exists
ADVERB
greatly, powerfully, strongly

This report strongly reinforces the view that the system must be changed.

further
merely, only, simply

All this simply reinforces my earlier point.

constantly, continually
subtly

Our prejudices are subtly reinforced in many different ways.

mutually

Violence and rejection by society are mutually reinforcing.

unwittingly
positively
VERB + REINFORCE
help (to), serve to, tend to
2 make sth stronger
ADVERB
heavily
PREPOSITION
with

The door was built of oak, heavily reinforced with iron.

Reinforce is used with these nouns as the object: ↑argument, ↑attitude, ↑behaviour, ↑belief, ↑concept, ↑conclusion, ↑conviction, ↑division, ↑hierarchy, ↑idea, ↑image, ↑importance, ↑impression, ↑inequality, ↑message, ↑myth, ↑notion, ↑point, ↑prejudice, ↑stereotype, ↑suspicion, ↑tendency, ↑trend, ↑view

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  • Reinforce — Re in*force ( f?rs ), v. t. See {Re[ e]nforce}, v. t. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Reinforce — Re in*force , n. See {Re[ e]nforce}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reinforce — I verb augment, bolster, boost, brace, buttress, conflrmare, energize, fortify, intensify, reconstitute, redouble, reestablish, refurbish, reinvigorate, reorganize, replenish, strengthen, supplement, support II index accumulate (enlarge), aid,… …   Law dictionary

  • reinforce — c.1600, originally in military sense, from RE (Cf. re ) again + ENFORCE (Cf. enforce) (Cf. RE ENFORCE (Cf. re enforce)). Related: Reinforced; reinforcing …   Etymology dictionary

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  • reinforce — ► VERB 1) strengthen (a military force) with additional personnel or material. 2) give added strength to. DERIVATIVES reinforcer noun. ORIGIN French renforcer, influenced by inforce, an obsolete spelling of ENFORCE(Cf. ↑enforcer) …   English terms dictionary

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