strengthen :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

become strong, become stronger, gain strength, get strong

v. gain strength; "His body strengthened"

spread, become distributed

v. become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"

support, bolster, bolster up

v. support and strengthen; "bolster morale"

temper, season, dilate

v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

augment

v. enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"

bulwark

v. defend with a bulwark

cheer, hearten, embolden

v. give encouragement to

animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up, make lively

v. make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"

relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage

v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

slack, slake, abate

v. make less active or intense

aid, help, improve the condition of, provide help to

v. improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"

enhance

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

suit, become

v. enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

flatter, blandish

v. praise somewhat dishonestly

encourage, give courage to, be encouraging to

v. inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

assure, reassure, relieve of anxiety, give confidence to

v. cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"

nurture, sustain, nourish

v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

compound, intensify, make more intense

v. make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"

brace, arouse, stimulate, energize, energise, perk up

v. cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

intensify, escalate, step up

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

temper, anneal

v. toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"

weaken, make weak, make weaker

v. lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"

attenuate, rarefy

v. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

enervate, weaken mentally, weaken morally

v. weaken mentally or morally

cut, reduce, thin, dilute, thin out

v. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"

discourage

v. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

reduce, simplify

v. make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"

weaken, become weak, die down, get weak, get weaker

v. become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"

attenuate

v. become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

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