strengthen

Etymology
From rare (14th c.), from earlier  (12th c.), where -en is the infinitive ending. Probably the original form was reinterpreted as around the time when the infinitive ending was being apocopated in late Middle English.

Verb

 * 1)  To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
 * 2)  To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten.
 * 3)  To augment; to improve; to intensify.
 * 4)  To reinforce, to add to, to support someone or something
 * 5)  To substantiate; to corroborate
 * 6)  To grow strong or stronger.
 * 1)  To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten.
 * 2)  To augment; to improve; to intensify.
 * 3)  To reinforce, to add to, to support someone or something
 * 4)  To substantiate; to corroborate
 * 5)  To grow strong or stronger.
 * 1)  To augment; to improve; to intensify.
 * 2)  To reinforce, to add to, to support someone or something
 * 3)  To substantiate; to corroborate
 * 4)  To grow strong or stronger.
 * 1)  To substantiate; to corroborate
 * 2)  To grow strong or stronger.
 * 1)  To grow strong or stronger.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:strengthen
 * See also Thesaurus:augment

Translations

 * Afrikaans: versterk
 * Arabic: قَوَّى, عَزَّزَ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏗᎠ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: pekitmek
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: plifortigi
 * Estonian: tugevdama
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გაძლიერება, გამაგრება
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἰσχυρόω, ῥώννυμι
 * Hebrew: לְחַזֵק
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: vahvistaa, vahventaa, vahvenoittaa, vahvita, vahvissuttaa
 * Irish: neartaigh
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Ladino: enfuerteser, enforteser, enreziar, arreziar
 * Latin: rōborō, corrōborō, firmō
 * Latvian: stiprināt
 * Lü: ᦶᦏᧄᦶᦃᧂᦶᦣᧂ
 * Maori: whakakaha, whakamarohi
 * Middle English: strengthen
 * Polish:, , pokrzepiać
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: оја̀чати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ,


 * Dutch:, tot leven wekken,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: animo
 * Middle English: strengthen
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: kracht geven
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin:
 * Maori: whakamarohi
 * Middle English: strengthen
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: усилвам се
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: stärker werden
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ingrian: ramoittua, voimistua, vahveta, vahvistua
 * Italian: rinforzarsi,
 * Latin: firmor
 * Polish:, , stawać się mocniejszym, stawać się coraz silniejszym
 * Romanian: a deveni mai puternic
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: оја̀чати
 * Roman:
 * Turkish: ,

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to, fortify increase the strength of
 * 2) to empower, to augment increase the potency or severity of
 * 3) to enhearten, to encourage increase the morale of
 * 4) to assist, to support someone or something
 * 5) to substantiate; to corroborate a belief, argument, etc.
 * 6) to approve or validate a document.
 * 7) to endeavour; to rouse oneself.
 * 1) to endeavour; to rouse oneself.