strengthen
verb (used with object)
to make stronger; give strength to.
strengthener
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a word derived from
strengthen.
Example Sentences
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For one thing, “very” is a fraud, masquerading as a strengthener when it merely wheedles and pleads.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2022
A doctor suggested ballet as a strengthener when she complained of pain in the arches of her feet, and the household mobilized to make sure she got to lessons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
That acted as a strengthener, while continuing to draw chlorides out of the material.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2015
An advantage this, a strengthener of love, in which even the conjugal tie is beneath the fraternal.
From Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
So they dreamt of love, finding it the sweeter after past loneliness and troubles, and strengthener, too, for those that lay before.
From A Blot on the Scutcheon by Mabel Winifred Knowles
