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Reenforcement n.

The act of reenforcing, or the state of being reenforced.

That which reenforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet.

(Psychology) A reward or punishment which is given to a person or animal in order to increase the likelihood that a specific behavior will be repeated.

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Etymology of 'Reenforcement'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Reenforcement" Quotes from Famous Books

... order to assist in its defense. On the ninth of September Captain Toribio de Miranda arrived at Zibu, with all the troops, artillery, arms, and munitions; and at the same time General Don Juan Tello arrived at Zibu with a hundred men, who came as reenforcement from the city of Manila. Having spent six months there and commenced to build a fort of stone, the governor, as they had no more news of the English referred to, sent an order to the said Don Juan to come to the city of Manila—which he did with the hundred men, leaving the province of Zibu ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume XI, 1599-1602 • Various

... gouge out his eyes; to bite off his ears; to kick him, carve him, mutilate him in various and unsportsman-like and unspeakable ways. But it was the high crime of the code to slug him with brass or steel knuckles, commonly called knucks. The man who carried this reenforcement for the natural fist in his pocket and used it in a fight was held the lowest of all contemptible and namelessly vile things. So, these Texas cowboys turned on Morgan at their comrade's accusation, deaf to any denial, flaming with ...

— Trail's End • George W. Ogden

... several or many professes are taught, the case is far better. Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development. This is due to its great variety of occupations, healthful conditions, and the incalculable phyletic reenforcement from immemorial times. I have computed some three-score industries[3] as the census now classifies them; that were more or less generally known and practiced sixty years ago in a little township, which not only in this but in other respects has many features of an ideal educational environment ...

— Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene • G. Stanley Hall

Words linked to "Reenforcement" : close support, military, military operation, reinforcement, operation, war machine