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re-enˈforcement
[f. as prec. + -ment: cf. reinforcement and renforcement.]
The act of re-enforcing, or the state of being re-enforced; that which re-enforces; a fresh supply.
1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 139 Populous, because of reenforcements after checks or ouerthrows. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 41 Without a generall re-enforcement from authority. 1681Glanvill Sadducismus ii. 126 Having resolved upon this Reenforcement, I writ again to my Honoured Friend. 1775P. Schuyler in Sparks Corr. Amer. Rev. (1853) I. 78 That a reënforcement may be speedily sent into Canada. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xlv. (1856) 411 We devoured eagerly the seal, of which, by good fortune, we had several re-enforcements. 1882Rep. to Ho. Repr. Prec. Met. U.S. 472 The natural head of water needs the re-enforcement of pumping apparatus to enable it to reach the highest point of the mine. |