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Strengthening

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strength·en  (strngkthn, strng-, strn-)
v. strength·ened, strength·en·ing, strength·ens
v.tr.
To make strong or increase the strength of.
v.intr.
To become strong or stronger.
strengthen·er n.
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Noun1.Strengtheningstrengthening - becoming stronger                    
transformation, transmutation, shift - a qualitative change
weakening - becoming weaker
2.strengthening - the act of increasing the strength of something
step-up, increase - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"
concentration - strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material
weakening - the act of reducing the strength of something


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--Or else should there perhaps Something strengthening, heart-strengthening, Here most proper be?
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
The reader, if he considers that this fellow was already obnoxious to Mr Western, and if he considers farther the weighty business by which that gentleman's displeasure had been incurred, will perhaps condemn this as a foolish and desperate undertaking; but if he should totally condemn young Jones on that account, he will greatly applaud him for strengthening himself with all imaginable interest on so arduous an occasion.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
For my own part, I find it best to assume that a good sound scolding or castigation has some latent and strengthening influence on my Grandson's Configuration; though I own that I have no grounds for thinking so.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
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