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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
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
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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