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re-enforce

re-enforce verb: to enforce again; to re-emphasize.

Verb

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

  1. To enforce again; to re-emphasize.

Forms of re-enforce

third-person singular presentre-enforces
present participlere-enforcing
past participlere-enforced
pastre-enforced
alternative formreenforce
alternative formreënforce

Origin of re-enforce

From re- + enforce.

Words formed from re-enforce

  • re-enforcement

Questions about re-enforce

What does re-enforce mean?
Re-enforce means to enforce again; to re-emphasize.
What part of speech is re-enforce?
Re-enforce is a verb.
What is the past tense of re-enforce?
The past tense of re-enforce is re-enforced.

Words near re-enforce in the dictionary

  1. re-endorses
  2. re-endorsing
  3. re-endow
  4. re-energisation
  5. re-energize
  6. re-enforce
  7. re-enforced
  8. re-enforces
  9. re-enforcing
  10. re-engage
  11. re-engaged

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