Meaning of STRENGTHEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'strengkthun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | beef up, fortify, tone, tone up |
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| | Antonyms: | | weaken | | |
| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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