strengthen

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verb

V_es/s

strengthens

V_ing/Gerund

strengthening

V_ed/pp

strengthened

1.
(transitive)To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
strengthen a muscle
strengthen a wall
strengthen one's willpower
strengthen one's authority
2.
(transitive)To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten.
3.
(transitive)To augment; to improve; to intensify.
4.
(transitive)To reinforce, to add to, to support (someone or something)
strengthen an army
5.
(transitive)To substantiate; to corroborate (a belief, argument, etc.)
strengthen the cause
6.
(intransitive)To grow strong or stronger.

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atrophy weaken

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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.