Strengthened

3 definitions found

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

  Strengthen \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.
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              Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . .
              With powerful policy strengthen themselves. --Shak.
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     2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.
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              Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen
              him.                                  --Deut. iii.
                                                    28.
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     Syn: To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate;
          encourage.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strengthened
       adj : given added strength or support; "reinforced concrete
             contains steel bars or metal netting" [syn: {reinforced}]

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

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "strengthened":
     accelerated, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, backed, beefed-up,
     bloated, boosted, broadened, calcified, callous, calloused,
     case-hardened, crusted, crusty, crystallized, deepened, elevated,
     enhanced, enlarged, expanded, extended, fossilized, granulated,
     hardened, heightened, hiked, hornified, increased, incrusted,
     indurate, indurated, inflated, intensified, jazzed up, lapidified,
     magnified, multiplied, ossified, petrified, proliferated, raised,
     reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic, set, solidified, spread,
     steeled, stiffened, swollen, tightened, toughened, vitrified,
     widened