STRENGTHEN

tone, tone up, strengthen

(verb) give a healthy elasticity to; “Let’s tone our muscles”

strengthen

(verb) gain strength; “His body strengthened”

strengthen, beef up, fortify

(verb) make strong or stronger; “This exercise will strengthen your upper body”; “strengthen the relations between the two countries”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

strengthen (third-person singular simple present strengthens, present participle strengthening, simple past and past participle strengthened)

(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.

(transitive) To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten.

(transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify.

(intransitive) To grow strong or stronger.

Synonyms

• (to make strong or stronger): See also strengthen

• (to augment): See also augment

Antonyms

• weaken

• atrophy

Source: Wiktionary

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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.

Definition: To grow strong or stronger. The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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