Definition of Strengthen

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Strengthen

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.

To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.

To grow strong or stronger.

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Strengthen Quotations

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.
Mary Wollstonecraft

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.
Hubert H. Humphrey

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
George Eliot

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.
John W. Gardner

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.
Maxwell Maltz

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
John Milton

The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
Barbara de Angelis

To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.
Phillips Brooks

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.
Christina Rossetti

Strengthen Translations

strengthen in French is fortifiez, affermissez, affermissent, fortifient
strengthen in Italian is amplificare
strengthen in Latin is augeo, fulcio
strengthen in Spanish is fortalecer

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