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Word: strengthen (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive To grow strong or stronger.
  • transitive To animate; to give moral strength; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.
  • transitive To augment; to improve; to intensify.
  • transitive To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority; to fortify; to reinforce.

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