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STRENGTHENED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Given added strength or support
Example:
reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting
Synonyms:
reinforced; strengthened
Classified under:
Similar:
strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb strengthen
Context examples:
And it did; for we returned at one o’clock, rested and strengthened by a hearty dinner.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It was the National Cancer Act of 1971 that strengthened the program by authorizing the establishment of 15 new cancer centers and the continued support for existing ones.
(National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program, NCI Thesaurus)
Sacred moments, when heart talked to heart in the silence of the night, turning affliction to a blessing, which chastened grief and strengthened love.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
For defence each man wore a coat of interlaced leathern thongs, strengthened at the shoulder, elbow, and upper arm with slips of steel.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It would be so horrible to her to act that she was inclined to suspect the truth and purity of her own scruples; and as she looked around her, the claims of her cousins to being obliged were strengthened by the sight of present upon present that she had received from them.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Researchers have made a new discovery about how seemingly minor aspects of the internal structure of bone can be strengthened to withstand wear and tear, a finding that could help patients suffering from osteoporosis.
(Discovery may lead to osteoporosis treatment, National Science Foundation)
A liquid preparation (i.e., a substance that flows readily in its natural state) that contains a drug dissolved in a suitable solvent or mixture of mutually miscible solvents; the drug has been strengthened by the evaporation of its non-active parts.
(Concentrated Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Now was the time for Mr. Frank Churchill to come among them; and the hope strengthened when it was understood that he had written to his new mother on the occasion.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The cub's fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“No,” said he, “my father's hands need not be strengthened, and Frederick's confession of folly need not be forestalled. He must tell his own story.”
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
