Meaning & use
reenforce
An alternate spelling of reinforce, meaning to make something stronger by adding extra support or material.
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Workers used steel bars to reenforce the aging bridge before it reopened to traffic.
The teacher reenforced the lesson with extra practice worksheets sent home for homework.
A note on using this word
Reinforce is the standard spelling; reenforce appears occasionally but is generally considered nonstandard in edited writing.
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