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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strength \Strength\, v. t.
     To strengthen. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Strength \Strength\, n. [OE. strengthe, AS. streng[eth]u, fr.
     strang strong. See {Strong}.]
     1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to
        bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether
        physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as,
        strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of
        memory, or of judgment.
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              All his [Samson's] strength in his hairs were.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              Thou must outlive
              Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty.  --Milton.
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     2. Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality
        of bodies by which they endure the application of force
        without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to
        {frangibility}; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of
        a wall, a rope, and the like. "The brittle strength of
        bones." --Milton.
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     3. Power of resisting attacks; impregnability. "Our castle's
        strength will laugh a siege to scorn." --Shak.
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     4. That quality which tends to secure results; effective
        power in an institution or enactment; security; validity;
        legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the
        strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of
        law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence;
        strength of argument.
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     5. One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or
        affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which
        confidence or reliance is based; support; security.
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              God is our refuge and strength.       --Ps. xlvi. 1.
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              What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are
              providing shall be one of our principal strengths.
                                                    --Sprat.
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              Certainly there is not a greater strength against
              temptation.                           --Jer. Taylor.
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     6. Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body,
        as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the
        strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?
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     7. Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; --
        said of literary work.
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              And praise the easy vigor of a life
              Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join.
                                                    --Pope.
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     8. Intensity; -- said of light or color.
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              Bright Phoebus in his strength.       --Shak.
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     9. Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential
        element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors,
        solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.
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     10. A strong place; a stronghold. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     {On the strength of}, or {Upon the strength of}, in reliance
        upon. "The allies, after a successful summer, are too apt,
        upon the strength of it, to neglect their preparations for
        the ensuing campaign." --Addison.
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     Syn: Force; robustness; toughness; hardness; stoutness;
          brawniness; lustiness; firmness; puissance; support;
          spirit; validity; authority. See {Force}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strength
       n 1: the property of being physically or mentally strong;
            "fatigue sapped his strength" [ant: {weakness}]
       2: capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect
          the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great
          strength"; "politicians have neglected our military
          posture" [syn: {military capability}, {military strength},
           {military posture}, {posture}]
       3: physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he
          could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the
          gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness
          of a living man" [syn: {force}, {forcefulness}]
       4: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
          [syn: {forte}, {strong suit}, {long suit}, {metier}, {specialty},
           {speciality}, {strong point}] [ant: {weak point}]
       5: the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the
          embracing of a point of view by means of argument or
          entreaty; "the strength of his argument settled the
          matter" [syn: {persuasiveness}] [ant: {unpersuasiveness}]
       6: the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or
          electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of
          the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"
          [syn: {intensity}, {intensity level}]
       7: capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical
          effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the
          drinks" [syn: {potency}, {effectiveness}]
       8: the condition of financial success; "the strength of the
          company's stock in recent weeks" [ant: {weakness}]
       9: permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force;
          "they advertised the durability of their products" [syn: {lastingness},
           {durability}, {enduringness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  221 Moby Thesaurus words for "strength":
     ability, amount, amperage, ampleness, amplitude, aptitude, arm,
     armipotence, asset, authoritativeness, authority, backbone, beef,
     bite, bitingness, black power, body, boundlessness, brawn,
     brawniness, brute force, bulk, burden, charge, charisma, clout,
     cogence, cogency, cohesiveness, compulsion, concentration,
     concreteness, core, cuttingness, demonic energy, density,
     determination, dint, drive, durability, duress, dynamism, effect,
     effectiveness, effectuality, endurance, energy, enormity,
     enormousness, ergal, expanse, extent, firmness, fixity of purpose,
     flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, formidableness,
     fortitude, full blast, full force, fullness, gameness, gaminess,
     gift, gigantism, gist, grandeur, grandness, great scope, greatness,
     grit, guts, gutsiness, haleness, hardiness, hardness, healthiness,
     heartiness, high flavor, highness, hugeness, immensity,
     impressiveness, incisiveness, infinity, influence, infrangibility,
     intensity, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, iron will,
     kinetic energy, largeness, lastingness, leatherlikeness, longevity,
     lustiness, magisterialness, magnitude, main force, main strength,
     mana, mass, materiality, matter, measure, measurement, meat, might,
     might and main, mightiness, moral courage, moral fiber, mordancy,
     moxie, muchness, muscle, muscle power, nerve, nervosity,
     nervousness, numbers, palpability, perseverance, persistence,
     pertinacity, pith, pizzazz, plenitude, pluck, poignancy,
     ponderability, poop, potence, potency, potential energy,
     potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle,
     powerfulness, prepotency, prodigiousness, productiveness,
     productivity, puissance, pull, punch, purport, push, quantity,
     quantum, rankness, reliability, resistance, resoluteness,
     resolution, robustness, ropiness, ruggedness, security, sense,
     sinew, sinewiness, solidity, soundness, spunk, stability,
     stableness, stamina, steadiness, steam, stiffness, stoutness,
     strength of mind, strength of purpose, strenuousness, stringiness,
     strong arm, strong language, strong point, strongness,
     stubbornness, stupendousness, sturdiness, substance,
     substantiality, substantialness, sum, sum and substance,
     superiority, superpower, talent, tangibility, tenaciousness,
     tenacity, toughness, tremendousness, trenchancy, unbreakability,
     unbreakableness, validity, vastness, vehemence, vigor,
     vigorousness, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, viscidity,
     vitality, wattage, weight, whole, will, will of iron, will power
  
  

















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