Strengthening

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

  Strengthening \Strength"en*ing\, a.
     That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. --
     {Strength"en*ing*ly}, adv.
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     {Strengthening plaster} (Med.), a plaster containing iron,
        and supposed to have tonic effects.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strengthening
       adj : invigorating physically or mentally [syn: {fortifying}]
       n 1: becoming stronger [ant: {weakening}]
       2: the act of increasing the strength of something [ant: {weakening}]

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

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "strengthening":
     accelerando, acceleration, affirmation, aggravation, analeptic,
     attestation, authentication, backing, backing up, bearing out,
     beefing-up, blowing up, blowup, bolstering, bracing, buttressing,
     case hardening, certification, circumstantiation, concentration,
     condensation, confirmation, consolidation, corroborant,
     corroboration, corroboratory evidence, deepening, documentation,
     enhancement, exacerbation, exaggeration, explosion, fortification,
     hardening, heating-up, heightening, information explosion,
     intensification, invigorating, invigoration, magnification, pickup,
     population explosion, proof, proving, proving out, ratification,
     redoubling, refreshing, refreshment, reinforcement, reinvigoration,
     restorative, restrengthening, revivification, reviving, roborant,
     speedup, step-up, stimulating, substantiation, support,
     supporting evidence, tempering, tightening, tonic, undergirding,
     validation, verification