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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

strengthen or make stronger through the use of additional resources or materials;

e.g. They needed to reinforce their position within the company by proving their worth.

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Aerate

Anneal

Back

Bolster

Broaden

Buttress

Corroborate

Distend

Fertilize

Follow-up

Inflate

Maximize

Parlay

Pasteurize

Remediate

Restrengthen

Retouch

Substantiate

Underlie

Widen

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Opposite Words

Absorb

Adulterate

Burn

Burnt

Chill

Consume

Cut

Daunt

Deflate

Demoralize

Deplete

Devour

Dilute

Discourage

Dishearten

Dismay

Dispirit

Drain

Exhaust

Expend

Extend

Frustrate

Lace

Sophisticate

Spend

Thin

Undercut

Undermine

Unman

Unnerve

Weaken

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Related Words

Abet

Accelerate

Accentuate

Add

Adjoin

Advocate

Affirm

Aggrandize

Aid

Ameliorate

Amend

Amp

Amplify

Annex

Annexation

Append

Argue

Assist

Attest

Augment

Authenticate

Authentication

Avouch

Back

Backstop

Better

Boost

Brace

Buildup

Buoy

Certify

Champion

Chirk

Compound

Confirm

Consolidate

Corroborate

Deepen

Embolden

Emphasize

Encourage

Endorse

Enhance

Enlarge

Enrich

Escalate

Establish

Expand

Extend

Forearm

Fortify

Harden

Hearten

Heighten

Help

Hype

Improve

Increase

Indurate

Inspire

Inspirit

Intensify

Inure

Italicize

Magnify

Multiply

Nerve

Patronize

Perfect

Poise

Prove

Psych

Raise

Ready

Redouble

Refine

Season

Standby

Steel

Step-up

Stoke

Strengthen

Stress

Substantiate

Supersize

Support

Swell

Toughen

Underline

Underscore

Up

Upgrade

Validate

Verify

Vindicate

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