re-enforce

verb

To enforce again; to re-emphasize.

OriginEnglish enforce ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbre-enforce (third-person singular simple present re-enforces, present participle re-enforcing, simple past and past participle re-enforced)

present singular third person re-enforces · participle present re-enforcing · participle past re-enforced · past re-enforced · alternative reenforce · alternative reënforce

  1. To enforce again; to re-emphasize.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishenforce
  7. Englishre-enforce

From re- + enforce.

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Cite this entry
APA

re-enforce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-enforce

MLA

“re-enforce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-enforce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-enforce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-enforce.

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