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verb (used with object)
1.
to make stronger; give strength to.
2.
Phonetics. to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring more effort, as from fricative to stop or nongeminate to geminate.
verb (used without object)
3.
to gain strength; grow stronger.
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Strengthened
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Related forms
strength·en·er, noun
strength·en·ing·ly, adverb
o·ver·strength·en, verb
pre·strength·en, verb (used with object)
re·strength·en, verb
EXPANDSynonyms
1. buttress, reinforce, fortify, support.
1. buttress, reinforce, fortify, support.
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| strengthened | |
adjective | |
| given added strength or support; "reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting" [syn: reinforced] |
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