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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "weaken"
},
{
"word": "atrophy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "debilitate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "enervate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "enfeeble"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "strengthener"
},
{
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"word": "strengthening plaster"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "strengthenen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English strengthenen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "strengthen"
},
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},
{
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"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.",
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{
"form": "strengthens",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"participle",
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]
},
{
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"past"
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}
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}
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"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "beef up"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "enforce"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "instrengthen"
},
{
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"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "make for"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "temper"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"word": "tone up"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "prop up"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "shore up"
},
{
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"word": "restrengthen"
}
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "augment"
}
],
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{
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"examples": [
{
"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": "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": "quotation"
}
],
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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"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "versterk"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qawwā",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "قَوَّى"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕazzaza",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "عَزَّزَ"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zoracʿnel",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "զորացնել"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "užeġacʿnel",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ուժեղացնել"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "usilvam",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "усилвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "enfortir"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "reforçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "asdayidia",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏗᎠ"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "加強"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāqiáng",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "加强"
},
{
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"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "pekitmek"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "posílit"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "versterken"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "plifortigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "tugevdama"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "renforcer"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "affermir"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "raffermir"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortifier"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortalecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaʒliereba",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "გაძლიერება"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamagreba",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "გამაგრება"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "verstärken"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "stärken"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "enischýo",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ενισχύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "iskhuróō",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ἰσχυρόω"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "rhṓnnumi",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ῥώννυμι"
},
{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "lekhazék",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "לְחַזֵק"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "megerősít"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "erősít"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortigar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahventaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvenoittaa"
},
{
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvita"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "vahvissuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "neartaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "rinforzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "rafforzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "corroborare"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"alt": "つよくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuyoku suru",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "強くする"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"alt": "つよめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuyomeru",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "強める"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "enfuerteser"
},
{
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"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "enforteser"
},
{
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"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "enreziar"
},
{
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"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "arreziar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "rōborō"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "corrōborō"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "firmō"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "stiprināt"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ṫhaemẋaenghaeng",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "ᦶᦏᧄᦶᦃᧂᦶᦣᧂ"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "whakakaha"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "whakamarohi"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "strengthen"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wzmacniać"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wzmocnić"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"rare"
],
"word": "pokrzepiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortalecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "reforçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "întări"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usílivatʹ",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уси́ливать"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usílitʹ",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уси́лить"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "оја̀чати"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "ojàčati"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortalecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "fortificar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "reforzar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "förstärka"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "stärka"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "güçlendirmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 1 1 0 1 23",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "kuvvetlendirmek"
}
]
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"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": "quotation"
}
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"glosses": [
"To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten."
],
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"links": [
[
"empower",
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[
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"moral"
],
[
"encourage",
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[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten."
],
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],
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"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "bezielen"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "tot leven wekken"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "versterken"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "innostaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "fortifier"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "bestärken"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "stärken"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "animare"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "animo"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "strengthen"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to animate",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "potàknuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to animate",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "osokòliti"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "animar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "kuimarisha"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 32 22 7 7 16",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to animate",
"word": "yüreklendirmek"
}
]
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"(transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify."
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"_dis1": "11 2 67 12 1 6",
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"word": "засилвам"
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"sense": "to augment",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 67 12 1 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to augment",
"word": "voimistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 67 12 1 6",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to augment",
"word": "verstärken"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 67 12 1 6",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to augment",
"word": "intensificare"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 2 67 12 1 6",
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"word": "aumentare"
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{
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"sense": "to augment",
"word": "pekiştirmek"
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[
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"(transitive) To reinforce, to add to, to support (someone or something)"
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"transitive"
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"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": "quotation"
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"To grow strong or stronger."
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"(intransitive) To grow strong or stronger."
],
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"_dis1": "16 1 3 1 1 79",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "amranal",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "ամրանալ"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "usilvam se",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "усилвам се"
},
{
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"word": "vahvistua"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "voimistua"
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"word": "stärker werden"
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{
"_dis1": "16 1 3 1 1 79",
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"word": "megerősödik"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 1 3 1 1 79",
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"word": "erősödik"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "16 1 3 1 1 79",
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"word": "vahvistua"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 1 3 1 1 79",
"code": "it",
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"word": "rinforzarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 1 3 1 1 79",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to grow strong or stronger",
"word": "rafforzarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 1 3 1 1 79",
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"_dis1": "16 1 3 1 1 79",
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"_dis1": "16 1 3 1 1 79",
"code": "pl",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "16 1 3 1 1 79",
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"_dis1": "16 1 3 1 1 79",
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"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
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{
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"text": "strengthen a muscle",
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{
"text": "strengthen a wall",
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{
"text": "strengthen one's willpower",
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{
"text": "strengthen one's authority",
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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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"ref": "1831, Nat Turner, The Confessions of Nat Turner",
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"To augment; to improve; to intensify."
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"text": "strengthen an army",
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"text": "strengthen the cause",
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"ref": "1914, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Our Philadelphia",
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"To grow strong or stronger."
],
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"(intransitive) To grow strong or stronger."
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:strengthen",
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "versterk"
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{
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"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "قَوَّى"
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{
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"word": "عَزَّزَ"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "zoracʿnel",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "զորացնել"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "užeġacʿnel",
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"word": "ուժեղացնել"
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{
"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",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "加強"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāqiáng",
"sense": "to make strong or stronger",
"word": "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": "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": "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": "a 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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