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verb

Strengthen v. t. (past & past part. strengthened; pres. part. strengthening)

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."

To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution. "Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him."

Synonyms: To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate; encourage.

Strengthen v. i. To grow strong or stronger. "The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength."

adjective

Strengthening adj. That strengthens; giving or increasing strength.

Strengthening plaster (Med.), a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.

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Etymology of 'Strengthening'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Strengthening" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the soup," commented Arletta mirthfully, "now try the roast; now the entree; and here, perhaps, a little dessert will not hurt you; there, that is plenty; a little is strengthening but too much ...

— Born Again • Alfred Lawson

... astrology involved much more than the mere prediction of future events. Astrologers claimed the power of ruling the planets—that is, of course, not of ruling the motions of those bodies, but of providing against evil influences or strengthening good influences which they supposed the celestial orbs to exert in particular aspects. Thus we can understand that while the mere basement layers of the pyramid would have served for the process ...

— Myths and Marvels of Astronomy • Richard A. Proctor

... carefully than their neighbours who use the plough, for they weed their crops, which the others do not. As they keep hogs and poultry they are better fed than the Hindus, and as they make a fermented liquor from rice, their diet is more strengthening. The clothing of the Pani Kocch is made by the women, and is in general blue, dyed by themselves with their own indigo, the borders red, dyed with Morinda. The material is cotton of their own growth, and they are ...

— The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies • Robert Gordon Latham

... know, maintain that the passion of love is of such an all-engrossing nature that it swallows up every other feeling; but we who judge more justly of our kind, hold differently, and rather believe that love in generous natures imparts a strengthening power, a magnetic touch, to every good feeling. Helen was incapable of being perfectly happy while her friend was miserable; and even Beauclerc, in spite of all the suffering she had caused, could not help pitying Lady Cecilia, ...

— Helen • Maria Edgeworth

... William, was persuaded by Cospatric, a powerful Northumbrian, to escape with him into Scotland; and he carried thither his two sisters, Margaret and Christina. They were well received by Malcolm, who soon after espoused Margaret, the elder sister; and partly with a view of strengthening his kingdom by the accession of so many strangers, partly in hopes of employing them against the growing power of William, he gave great countenance to all the English exiles. Many of them settled there; and laid the foundation of families which afterwards made a figure in that country. ...

— The History of England, Volume I • David Hume

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