'Strengthening' definitions:
Definition of 'strengthening'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Strengthening'
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]
Definition of 'Strengthening'
From: GCIDE
- Strengthening \Strength"en*ing\, a. That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- {Strength"en*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- Strengthening plaster (Med.), a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'strengthening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerando,
- acceleration,
- affirmation,
- aggravation,
- analeptic,
- attestation,
- authentication,
- backing,
- backing up,
- bearing out,
- beefing-up,
- blowing up,
- blowup,
- bolstering,
- bracing,
- buttressing,
- case hardening,
- certification,
- circumstantiation,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- confirmation,
- consolidation,
- corroborant,
- corroboration,
- corroboratory evidence,
- deepening,
- documentation,
- enhancement,
- exacerbation,
- exaggeration,
- explosion,
- fortification,
- hardening,
- heating-up,
- heightening,
- information explosion,
- intensification,
- invigorating,
- invigoration,
- magnification,
- pickup,
- population explosion,
- proof,
- proving,
- proving out,
- ratification,
- redoubling,
- refreshing,
- refreshment,
- reinforcement,
- reinvigoration,
- restorative,
- restrengthening,
- revivification,
- reviving,
- roborant,
- speedup,
- step-up,
- stimulating,
- substantiation,
- support,
- supporting evidence,
- tempering,
- tightening,
- tonic,
- undergirding,
- validation,
- verification