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"word": "weaken"
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"word": "atrophy"
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"word": "augment"
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"text": "strengthen a muscle",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "strengthen a wall",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "strengthen one's willpower",
"type": "example"
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"text": "strengthen one's authority",
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"ref": "c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):",
"text": "Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest,[…]\n With powerful policy strengthen themselves.",
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{
"ref": "1851, anonymous author, Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog:",
"text": "A little hardship, and a little struggling with the rougher elements of life, will perchance but strengthen and increase his courage, and prepare him for the conflicts and struggles of after years.",
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"(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify."
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
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"roman": "ṫhaemẋaenghaeng",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ᦶᦏᧄᦶᦃᧂᦶᦣᧂ"
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortalecer"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "reforçar"
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
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"roman": "usílivatʹ",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
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"roman": "usílitʹ",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortalecer"
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "strengthenen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English strengthenen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "strength",
"3": "en",
"id2": "inchoative"
},
"expansion": "strength + -en",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From rare Middle English strengthenen (14th c.), from earlier strengthen (12th c.), where -en is the infinitive ending. Probably the original form was reinterpreted as strength + -en around the time when the infinitive ending was being apocopated in late Middle English.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strengthens",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "strengthening",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "strengthened",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "strengthened",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "beef up"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "enforce"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "instrengthen"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "make for"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "temper"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "tone up"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "prop up"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "shore up"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "restrengthen"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "augment"
}
],
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"text": "strengthen a muscle",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "strengthen a wall",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "strengthen one's willpower",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "strengthen one's authority",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):",
"text": "Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest,[…]\n With powerful policy strengthen themselves.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1851, anonymous author, Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog:",
"text": "A little hardship, and a little struggling with the rougher elements of life, will perchance but strengthen and increase his courage, and prepare him for the conflicts and struggles of after years.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1952 July, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, page 487:",
"text": "The viaduct is joined to the embankment by retaining walls, which have been strengthened since they were constructed by the addition of stay bolts extending right through the embankment and fastened outside each retaining wall.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify."
],
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[
"strong",
"strong"
],
[
"strength",
"strength"
],
[
"fortify",
"fortify"
]
],
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"(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1831, Nat Turner, The Confessions of Nat Turner:",
"text": "my father and mother strengthened me in this my first impression, saying in my presence, I was intended for some great purpose",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy iii:28:",
"text": "Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "\"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder,\" commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. \"We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…].\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten."
],
"links": [
[
"empower",
"empower"
],
[
"moral",
"moral"
],
[
"encourage",
"encourage"
],
[
"enhearten",
"enhearten"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To augment; to improve; to intensify."
],
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[
"augment",
"augment"
],
[
"improve",
"improve"
],
[
"intensify",
"intensify"
]
],
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"(transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "strengthen an army",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reinforce, to add to, to support (someone or something)"
],
"links": [
[
"reinforce",
"reinforce"
],
[
"add",
"add"
],
[
"to",
"to"
],
[
"support",
"support"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To reinforce, to add to, to support (someone or something)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "strengthen the cause",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To substantiate; to corroborate (a belief, argument, etc.)"
],
"links": [
[
"substantiate",
"substantiate"
],
[
"corroborate",
"corroborate"
]
],
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"(transitive) To substantiate; to corroborate (a belief, argument, etc.)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1914, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Our Philadelphia:",
"text": "my affection seems so superfluous that I often wonder why it should be so strong. But wise or foolish, there it is, strengthening with the years whether I will or no",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To grow strong or stronger."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To grow strong or stronger."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɹɛnθən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃt͡ʃɹeɪŋ(k)θən/"
},
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{
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],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"figuratively",
"poetic"
],
"word": "anneal"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "brace"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "build up"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "confirm"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "enstrengthen"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "fortify"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "harden"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "intend"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "indurate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "invigorate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "munite"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "nerve"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "reinforce"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "roborate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "steel"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "strength"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "strengthen"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "thicken"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "versterk"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qawwā",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "قَوَّى"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕazzaza",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "عَزَّزَ"
},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortaleixer"
},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortalexer"
},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "enfortir"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zoracʻnel",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "զորացնել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "užeġacʻnel",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ուժեղացնել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "usilvam",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "усилвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "enfortir"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "reforçar"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "asdayidia",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏗᎠ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāqiáng",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "加強 /加强"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "pekitmek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "posílit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "versterken"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "plifortigi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "tugevdama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "renforcer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "affermir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "raffermir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortifier"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortalecer"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaʒliereba",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "გაძლიერება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamagreba",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "გამაგრება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "verstärken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "stärken"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "enischýo",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ενισχύω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "iskhuróō",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ἰσχυρόω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "rhṓnnumi",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ῥώννυμι"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "lekhazék",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "לְחַזֵק"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dŕṛhānā",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "दृढ़ाना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "megerősít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "erősít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortigar"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahventaa"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvenoittaa"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvita"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvissuttaa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "neartaigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "rinforzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "rafforzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "corroborare"
},
{
"alt": "つよくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuyoku suru",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "強くする"
},
{
"alt": "つよめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuyomeru",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "強める"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "enfuerteser"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "enforteser"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "enreziar"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "arreziar"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "rōborō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "corrōborō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "firmō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "stiprināt"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ṫhaemẋaenghaeng",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ᦶᦏᧄᦶᦃᧂᦶᦣᧂ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "whakakaha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "whakamarohi"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "strengthen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wzmacniać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wzmocnić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"rare"
],
"word": "pokrzepiać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortalecer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "reforçar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "întări"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usílivatʹ",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уси́ливать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usílitʹ",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уси́лить"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "оја̀чати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "ojàčati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortalecer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortificar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "reforzar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "förstärka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "stärka"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "lakasan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "güçlendirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "kuvvetlendirmek"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "bezielen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "tot leven wekken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "versterken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "innostaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "fortifier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "bestärken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "stärken"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "animare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "animo"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "strengthen"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to animate",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "potàknuti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to animate",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "osokòliti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "animar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "kuimarisha"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "yüreklendirmek"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zasilvam",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "засилвам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "kracht geven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "voimistaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "verstärken"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "intensificare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "aumentare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "augeo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "whakamarohi"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "strengthen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "pekiştirmek"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "amranal",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "ամրանալ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "usilvam se",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "усилвам се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvistua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "voimistua"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "stärker werden"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "megerősödik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "erősödik"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "ramoittua"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "voimistua"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "vahveta"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvistua"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "rinforzarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "rafforzarsi"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "firmor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wzmacniać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wzmocnić się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "stawać się mocniejszym"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "stawać się coraz silniejszym"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "deveni mai puternic"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "оја̀чати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "ojàčati"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "güçlenmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "kuvvetlenmek"
}
],
"word": "strengthen"
}
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