Meaning & use

reenforce

verb·Academic

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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