About The Word Strengthen
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Strengthen
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What's The Definition Of Strengthen?
[v] give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"
[v] gain strength; "His body strengthened" [v] make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strenghten the relations between the two countries" Synonyms | Synonyms for Strengthen: beef up | fortify | tone | tone up Related Terms | Find terms related to Strengthen: See Also | alter | back | batten | batten down | brace | brace up | buttress | change | confirm | consolidate | exercise | proof | reenforce | reinforce | restrengthen | ruggedise | ruggedize | sandbag | secure | stabilise | stabilize | steady | strengthen | substantiate | toughen | undergird | vitalise | vitalize | work out Strengthen In Webster's Dictionary \Strength"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strengthened}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Strengthening}.]
1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to
strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an
obligation; to strengthen authority.
Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With
powerful policy strengthen themselves. --Shak.
2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.
Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen
him. --Deut. iii.
28.
Syn: To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate;
encourage.
\Strength"en\, v. i. To grow strong or stronger. The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. --Pope. |
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