单词 | re-enforcement |
释义 | re-enforcementn. 1. The action or an act of re-enforcing (in various senses of the verb); (also) the state of being re-enforced. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > [noun] strenghinga1400 strengthc1400 affirmance1442 roboration1473 confirmation1520 corroboration1529 fortification1530 strengthening1535 hardening1544 establishment1561 re-enforcement1577 comforting1605 reinforcement1605 consolidation1611 establishing1846 undergirding1868 entrenchment1877 entrenching1950 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase in strength or force re-enforcement1577 reinforcement1605 the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > a supply > a fresh or additional supply re-enforcement1577 resupply1579 replenishment1607 reinforcement1625 recruital1648 recruit1650 replenish1654 recruitment1799 refill1883 reload1928 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 320/2 in Chron. I King Robert being informed howe through the reenforcement of the Englishe armie, beeing dayly refreshed with newe succours, his brother was like to runne in perill and daunger to be cast away. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 85 Populous, because of reenforcements after checks or ouerthrows. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 41 Without a generall re-enforcement from authority. 1681 H. More in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus ii. 126 Having resolved upon this Reenforcement, I writ again to my Honoured Friend. 1745 W. Whiston Sacred Hist. III. 806 He..sent Hannibal into Syria to bring from thence the Syrian and Phoenician Fleets for their Re-enforcement. 1833 in Mil. & Naval Mag. (U.S.) 1 296 Success would bring with it the re-adoption and re-enforcement of the Continental system. 1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) 472 The natural head of water needs the re-enforcement of pumping apparatus to enable it to reach the highest point of the mine. 1901 G. R. Butler Diagnostics Internal Med. xxxiii. 431 The re-enforcement of the palpating hand by the other preserves the perceptive delicacy which the former would otherwise lose. 2004 High Country News 24 May 18/1 The grizzly educators' lesson plan relies on a stiff course of negative re-enforcement. 2. A person who or thing which re-enforces or strengthens; esp. (frequently in plural) a person who or group which assists or strengthens a military force, etc. Cf. reinforcement n. 2b, 6. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > reinforcements succour?c1225 over-numbera1450 supplies1488 supplement1548 re-enforce1618 recrew1619 recruit1635 reinforcement1641 enforcement1643 reinforce1648 sustainer1708 re-enforcement1718 supporter1796 stiffening1900 1718 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected II. vii. 494 These two re-enforcements added such strength to him, that he forced the Caesarians again to raise the Siege. 1723 R. Blackmore Alfred vi. 212 The destin'd Conflagration may acquire Vast Re-enforcements of collected Fire. 1775 P. Schuyler in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 78 That a reënforcement may be speedily sent into Canada. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd iii. 113 What wi' the town's-folks thick and thrang, And ither re-enforcements strang, That a' that simmer e'enin' lang Cam' draiglin' in wi' arms. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlv. 411 We devoured eagerly the seal, of which, by good fortune, we had several re-enforcements. 1938 Amer. Home June 91/4 (advt.) Every Goodyear Hose is backboned with a stout reenforcement of heavy cotton cords. 1999 Jrnl. Relig. in Afr. 29 170 Other missions begged for missionary re-enforcements to stem a tide of Islamic advance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577 |
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