Crossword clues for strengthened
strengthened
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strengthen \Strength"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strengthened; p. pr. & vb. n. Strengthening.]
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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.
Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves.
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To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.
Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him.
--Deut. iii. 28.Syn: To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate; encourage.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: strengthen)
WordNet
adj. given added strength or support; "reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting" [syn: reinforced]
Usage examples of "strengthened".
He despised the trophies of a Gothic victory, and was satisfied that the rapacious Barbarians of the Danube would be restrained from any future violation of the faith of treaties by the terror of his name, and the additional fortifications with which he strengthened the Thracian and Illyrian frontiers.
Because he'd been forewarned by her mental tone, Afra was ready to follow her mind to the immense drones in the yard and felt himself strengthened, by the incredible catalytic link she could establish.
The tired mind of the man grew, healed, strengthened and blossomed until she was a mere fraction of the total, lost in the greater part of this immense mental whole.
He implored the venal faith of the Praetorians, filled the city with unavailing preparations for war, drew lines round the suburbs, and even strengthened the fortifications of the palace.
The wise decision to remain silent was strengthened each day by the grotesque conversations I overheard.
And'-her voice strengthened and her eyes flashed up at him-'you're not paranoid-not any more than you have reason to be.
His grandmother's anger at his father's mildly delivered rebuttal was such that Rojer strengthened his shields.
With a twitch of her shoulders, she strengthened her resolve and pressed the wall stud to activate the speech-recognition system.
She remembered, with great relish, their first sexual encounter on the beach at Angel - and, more importantly, how the mutual attraction had only strengthened and deepened throughout the years.
Even Sorka, who had always been caring and capable, seemed somehow strengthened and exuded a radiance that could not all be attributed to her pregnancy.
Over the last few weeks, dragon backs had strengthened and muscled up.
If anyone had been in the least bit tempted, their resolve was strengthened when the broken, shivering wrecks were released from 'cold storage'.
Further, as Tamianth strengthened and Falga recovered from wound fever, another crisis was less likely to develop.
We decided that out of pure conceit and then went back between times to particularly crucial points in our lives and strengthened that notion, in our earlier selves.
Quicker, lighter than any of her prospective mates, her facility strengthened by her sexual readiness, she achieved a conspicuous distance before the first male had become airborne.