Strengthening
['strɛŋθən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of increasing the strength of something.
(noun.) becoming stronger.
Typist: Winfred--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strengthen
(a.) That strengthens; giving or increasing strength.
Edited by Jessica
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Fortifying, bracing.[2]. Invigorating, roborant, tonic.
Inputed by Hilary
Examples
- A departure was early made in the matter of strengthening the ribs of oak to better meet the strains from the rough seas. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The time, however, was spent in strengthening the intrenchments and making our position generally more secure against a sudden attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Electricity can have no greater mission than improving, strengthening and upbuilding good homes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Whatever they could prove (which is usually anything you like), they proved there, in an army constantly strengthening by the arrival of new recruits. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She feared it was a strengthening regard. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I should like him to tell me how I could bear up at Fair time, if I didn't take strengthening medicine for a month beforehand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You've much need, sir, I'm sure, said Mrs. Abel, and to take something more strengthening than what you've done. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In other words, I provided the necessary stimulant for strengthening Anne Catherick to perform the journey to London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Strengthening herself by the utmost exercise of her resolution, the poor trembling creature shook him off, almost fiercely, and took to flight. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To my mind it is most exhilarating, and strengthening, and soothing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The 20th and 21st were spent in strengthening our position and in making roads in rear of the army, from Yazoo River or Chickasaw Bayou. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This strengthening of the walls is seen clearly in the reservoir shown in Figure 152. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- She wanted no strengthening in her firmness; but if she had had need of any, she would have derived it from his kindling face. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The statesman has another way of strengthening his grip upon the complexity of life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There is no money in the treasury, and so they enfeeble her instead of strengthening. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Olivia