Strengthen

Verb

 * 1)  To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.
 * to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army
 * to strengthen an obligation
 * ''to strengthen authority.
 * 1)  To animate; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.
 * 2)  To augment; to improve; to intensify.
 * 3)  To grow strong or stronger.

Thesaurus
accelerate, accrue, accumulate, add to, advance, affirm, aggravate, animate, anneal, appreciate, attest, augment, authenticate, back, back up, balloon, be tough, bear out, beef up, bloat, blow up, bolster, boom, boost, brace, brace up, breed, broaden, buttress, case harden, certify, cheer, chirk up, circumstantiate, complicate, concentrate, condense, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, crescendo, deepen, develop, document, double, embolden, encourage, endure, energize, enhance, exacerbate, exaggerate, fortify, gain, gain strength, gelt, get ahead, gird, go up, grow, hang tough, harden, hearten, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, increase, inspirit, intensify, invigorate, jazz up, key up, magnify, make complex, mount, multiply, nerve, nourish, nutrify, prepare, probate, proliferate, prop, prove, ramify, ratify, ready, recruit, redouble, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, renew, restrengthen, rigidify, rise, run up, screw up, sharpen, shoot up, shore up, sinew, snowball, soup up, spread, steel, step up, stiffen, substantiate, supplement, support, sustain, swell, temper, tense, tighten, tone up, toughen, trice up, triple, undergird, uphold, validate, verify, vitalize, warrant, wax, whet, widen

Translations

 * Amharic: ማጠናከር፥ ማጠንከር
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: pekitmek
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: plifortigi
 * French: renforcer, raffermir, fortifier
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: rinforzare
 * Japanese: 強くする, 強める
 * Latin:
 * Polish: stawać się coraz silniejszym, wzmacniać
 * Russian: усиливать, усилить
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ојачати
 * Roman: ojačati
 * Spanish: fortalecer


 * Dutch: bezielen, tot leven wekken
 * German: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: potaknuti, osokoliti


 * Spanish: animar


 * Dutch: kracht geven


 * German:


 * German: stärker werden
 * Hungarian: megerősödik
 * Italian: rinforzarsi


 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ојачати
 * Roman: ojačati

Derived terms

 * strengthener