'Strengthened' definitions:
Definition of 'strengthened'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Given added strength or support; "reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting" [syn: reinforced, strengthened]
Definition of 'Strengthened'
From: GCIDE
- Strengthen \Strength"en\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution. [1913 Webster]
- Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him. --Deut. iii. 28. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate; encourage. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'strengthened'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerated,
- aggrandized,
- amplified,
- augmented,
- backed,
- beefed-up,
- bloated,
- boosted,
- broadened,
- calcified,
- callous,
- calloused,
- case-hardened,
- crusted,
- crusty,
- crystallized,
- deepened,
- elevated,
- enhanced,
- enlarged,
- expanded,
- extended,
- fossilized,
- granulated,
- hardened,
- heightened,
- hiked,
- hornified,
- increased,
- incrusted,
- indurate,
- indurated,
- inflated,
- intensified,
- jazzed up,
- lapidified,
- magnified,
- multiplied,
- ossified,
- petrified,
- proliferated,
- raised,
- reinforced,
- rigidified,
- sclerotic,
- set,
- solidified,
- spread,
- steeled,
- stiffened,
- swollen,
- tightened,
- toughened,
- vitrified,
- widened