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to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force<lifting weights every day will eventually strengthen your muscles><the Army makes new recruits run for miles in order to strengthen them>Synonymsbeef (up), fortify, harden, toughenRelated Wordsanneal, temper; firm (up), tone (up); energize, invigorate, vitalize; restrengthenNear Antonymscripple, incapacitate, paralyze; damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure; break down, wear out; sap, undermineAntonymsdebilitate, enervate, enfeeble, weaken
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to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure<required weeks of physical therapy to strengthen his arm enough to pitch for the team again>— see harden 2
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to make markedly greater in measure or degree<encouraged the boarding school students to strengthen their ties with the community by doing public service>— see intensify
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to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally<strengthened herself for the moment sheʼd have to tell her friend that she had lost the borrowed necklace>— see fortify 1
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