afforcement

== English == === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman afforcement, from Old French afforcer, aforcer + -ment, from Latin exfortiāre, from ex- + fortis (“strong”). By surface analysis afforce +‎ -ment. === Noun === afforcement (plural afforcements) (obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening. === References === “afforcement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.