strengthening

[strengk-thuhn, streng-, stren-]

strength·en

[strengk-thuhn, streng-, stren-]
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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Strengthening is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English strengthnen. See strength, -en1

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
EXPAND
un·strength·ened, adjective
un·strength·en·ing, adjective
COLLAPSE


1. buttress, reinforce, fortify, support.

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strengthening

noun
1. becoming stronger [ant: weakening
2. the act of increasing the strength of something [ant: weakening
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