Strengthen

['streŋθ(ə)n;-ŋkθ(ə)n] or ['strɛŋθn]

Definition

(verb.) gain strength; 'His body strengthened'.

(verb.) make strong or stronger; 'This exercise will strengthen your upper body'; 'strengthen the relations between the two countries'.

Typed by Greta--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.

(v. i.) To grow strong or stronger.

Typist: Ora

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Fortify, brace, harden, steel, nerve, make strong, make stronger, give strength to, add strength to.[2]. Intensify, make more intense.[3]. Invigorate, animate, impart health to.[4]. Confirm, corroborate, establish, justify, sustain, support.

v. n. Grow strong.

Inputed by Betty

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Confirm, establish, fix, corroborate, secure, invigorate, fortify,{[incri-Hso]?}

ANT:Weaken, disestablish, shake, loosen, sap, undermine, debilitate, diminish

Typist: Merritt

Examples

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