Definition of Strengthin
Strength"en (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Strengthened (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Strengthening.] 1. 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.
Shak.
2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in
resolution.
Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen
him. Deut. iii. 28.
Syn. -- To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate;
encourage.
Strength"en (?), v. i. To grow
strong or stronger.
The young disease, that must subdue at length,
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his
strength. Pope.
Strength"en (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Strengthened (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Strengthening.] 1. 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.
Shak.
2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in
resolution.
Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen
him. Deut. iii. 28.
Syn. -- To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate;
encourage.
Strength"en (?), v. i. To grow
strong or stronger.
The young disease, that must subdue at length,
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his
strength. Pope.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.
- To grow strong or stronger.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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