Definition of strengthen

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Strengthen (v. t.) 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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Enforce :: Enforce (v. i.) To strengthen; to grow strong.
Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca..
Intensifier :: Intensifier (n.) One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture..
Berme :: Berme (n.) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank..
Stomaching :: Stomachic (n.) A medicine that strengthens the stomach and excites its action.
Hound :: Hound (n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
Boltrope :: Boltrope (n.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.
Welt :: Welt (n.) That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it.
Hypoderma :: Hypoderma (n.) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma..
Forted :: Forted (a.) Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts..
Buckram :: Buckram (v. t.) To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.
Force :: Force (n.) To provide with forces; to reenforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
Clamp :: Clamp (n.) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen..
Welt :: Welt (n.) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it..
Sinewed :: Sinewed (a.) Fig.: Equipped; strengthened.
Preventer :: Preventer (n.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
Bracing :: Bracing (a.) Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind..
Strengthening :: Strengthener (n.) One who, or that which, gives or adds strength..
Confirmation :: Confirmation (n.) The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment..
Feather :: Feather (n.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline..
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