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Reenforcement

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Re`en`force´ment    (r?`?n`f?rs´ment)
n.1.The act of reënforcing, or the state of being reënforced.
2.That which reënforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet.
3.(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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Noun1.reenforcement - information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints"
confirmation - information that confirms or verifies
2.Reenforcementreenforcement - a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support"
military operation, operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"
close support - close-in firing by one unit against an enemy engaged by another unit
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

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When the officers arrived they found three men groaning on the floor, a frightened woman lying upon a filthy bed, her face buried in her arms, and what appeared to be a well-dressed young gentleman standing in the center of the room awaiting the reenforcements which he had thought the footsteps of the officers hurrying up the stairway had announced--but they were mistaken in the last; it was a wild beast that looked upon them through those narrowed lids and steel-gray eyes.
 
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