strengthen
[strengk-thuhn, streng-, stren-]
verb (used with object)
to make stronger; give strength to.
Phonetics. to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring more effort, as from fricative to stop or nongeminate to geminate.
verb (used without object)
to gain strength; grow stronger.
Origin of strengthen
Synonyms for strengthen
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Related Words for strengthener
clamp, splint, mainstay, buttress, column, truss, assistance, stanchion, stay, underpinning, shore, aid, post, strut, brace, cordial, pick-me-up, drug, restorative, pickupExamples from the Web for strengthener
Historical Examples of strengthener
Indirectly Attila was the strengthener of the Papacy, and the founder of Venice.
By strengthening their souls to do right; hence called the Comforter or Strengthener.
The Quiver 3/1900Anonymous
This Metheglin is a great Balsom and strengthener of the Viscera; is excellent in colds and coughs and consumptions.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight OpenedKenelm Digby
An advantage this, a strengthener of love, in which even the conjugal tie is beneath the fraternal.
Mansfield ParkJane Austen
strengthen
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