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ranforce

ranforce is the obsolete form of reinforce.

Meaning of reinforce

Verb

reinforce (third-person singular simple present reinforces, present participle reinforcing, simple past and past participle reinforced)

  1. (transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
    • He reinforced the handle with a metal rod and a bit of tape.
  2. (transitive) To emphasize or review.
    • The right homework will reinforce and complement the lesson!
    Synonyms:
    emphasize, review, repeat
  3. (transitive) To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus.
    • Advertising for fast food can reinforce unhealthy dietary tendencies.

Forms of ranforce

third-person singular presentranforces
present participleranforcing
past participleranforced
pastranforced

Origin of ranforce

Compare French renforcer.

Questions about ranforce

What is ranforce the obsolete form of?
Ranforce is the obsolete form of reinforce.

Words near ranforce in the dictionary

  1. Ranes
  2. Raney
  3. Raney nickel
  4. Raney nickels
  5. Raneys
  6. ranforce
  7. ranforced
  8. ranforces
  9. ranforcing
  10. Ranford
  11. Ranfords

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ranforce (page history and authors); reinforce (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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