verb (used with object) 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)
Origin: 1250–1300; Middle English strengthnen. See
strength,
-en1 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
un·strength·ened, adjective
un·strength·en·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. buttress, reinforce, fortify, support.
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Un-strengthened
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