Strengthen /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Strengthened; p. pr. & vb. n. Strengthening

1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority.

   Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves.

2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.

   Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him.

1. To grow strong or stronger.

   The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.