reënforce

A form of re-enforce — To enforce again; to re-emphasize.

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Meanings

verbreënforce (third-person singular simple present reënforces, present participle reënforcing, simple past and past participle reënforced)

present singular third person reënforces · participle present reënforcing · participle past reënforced · past reënforced

  1. alternativeAlternative form of re-enforce.

    Aiming to reach firm ground beyond this bayou, and to leave as little time for our enemy to reënforce as possible, I determined to make a show of attack along the whole front, but to break across the bayou at the two points named, and have general orders accordingly.

    1891, William Tecumseh Sherman, chapter 12, in Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman, volume 1, page 319
  2. alternativeAlternative form of reinforce.

    On this second visit Mr. Charles W. Hare, a prominent white citizen of Tuskegee, kindly volunteered to accompany me, to reënforce my invitation with one from the white people of Tuskegee and the vicinity.

    1901, Booker T. Washington, chapter 17, in Up from Slavery: An Autobiography, New York: A. L. Burt, →LCCN, page 304
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Chicago

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