(v) make strong or stronger, Syn.fortify, beef up, Ant.weaken, Example: This exercise will strengthen your upper body; strengthen the relations between the two countries
(n) a device designed to provide additional strength, Syn.reinforcement, Example: the cardboard backing was just a strengthener; he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]
Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him. Deut. iii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]
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