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An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reenforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, /275.
a.
A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix.
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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.
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The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle.
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Something which reenforces or strengthens.
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An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap.
v. t.
To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet.
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A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.
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A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has reentered the body of the beer.
v. i.
To reenlist for service as a soldier.
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Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
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That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.
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An annular reenforce, to strengthen a place where a hole is made.
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The act of reenforcing, or the state of being reenforced.
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A piece of armor for the breast; often, an addition to, or reenforcement of. the breastplate; -- called also pesane.
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A second or new entry; as, a reentry into public life.
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The act of reenacting; the state of being reenacted.
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Auxiliary troops or reenforcements.
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In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
a.
Reentering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re/ntrant angle.
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