afforce

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verb

To reinforce (a team etc.) with extra people

OriginOld French afforcer, aforcer ← Latin exfortiāre →
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Meanings

verbafforce (third-person singular simple present afforces, present participle afforcing, simple past and past participle afforced)

present singular third person afforces · participle present afforcing · participle past afforced · past afforced

  1. rareTo reinforce (a team etc.) with extra people

Origin

  1. Latinexfortiāre
  2. Old Frenchafforcer, aforcer
  3. Englishafforce

From Old French afforcer, aforcer, from Latin exfortiāre, from fortis (“strong”). By surface analysis af- + force.

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APA

afforce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afforce

MLA

“afforce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afforce. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afforce,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afforce.

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