Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to strengthen
Participle: strengthened
Gerund: strengthening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | strengthen |
| you | strengthen |
| he;she;it | strengthens |
| we | strengthen |
| you | strengthen |
| they | strengthen |
Perfect
| I | have strengthened |
| you | have strengthened |
| he;she;it | has strengthened |
| we | have strengthened |
| you | have strengthened |
| they | have strengthened |
Past
| I | strengthened |
| you | strengthened |
| he;she;it | strengthened |
| we | strengthened |
| you | strengthened |
| they | strengthened |
Pluperfect
| I | had strengthened |
| you | had strengthened |
| he;she;it | had strengthened |
| we | had strengthened |
| you | had strengthened |
| they | had strengthened |
Future
| I | will strengthen |
| you | will strengthen |
| he;she;it | will strengthen |
| we | will strengthen |
| you | will strengthen |
| they | will strengthen |
Future Perfect
| I | will have strengthened |
| you | will have strengthened |
| he;she;it | will have strengthened |
| we | will have strengthened |
| you | will have strengthened |
| they | will have strengthened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | strengthen |
| you | strengthen |
| he;she;it | strengthen |
| we | strengthen |
| you | strengthen |
| they | strengthen |
Perfect
| I | have strengthened |
| you | have strengthened |
| he;she;it | have strengthened |
| we | have strengthened |
| you | have strengthened |
| they | have strengthened |
Imperfect
| I | strengthened |
| you | strengthened |
| he;she;it | strengthened |
| we | strengthened |
| you | strengthened |
| they | strengthened |
Pluperfect
| I | had strengthened |
| you | had strengthened |
| he;she;it | had strengthened |
| we | had strengthened |
| you | had strengthened |
| they | had strengthened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would strengthen |
| you | would strengthen |
| he;she;it | would strengthen |
| we | would strengthen |
| you | would strengthen |
| they | would strengthen |
Perfect
| I | would have strengthened |
| you | would have strengthened |
| he;she;it | would have strengthened |
| we | would have strengthened |
| you | would have strengthened |
| they | would have strengthened |
Imperative
| you | strengthen |
| we | Let's strengthen |
| you | strengthen |
Verbs conjugated like 'strengthen'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'strengthen'
enstrengthen,
instrengthen,
restrengthen,
strength,
enlengthen,
lengthen,
relengthen,
stealthen,
streighten,
breadthen,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- strengthen
- anneal, brace, confirm, indurate, thicken
- give strength
- nerve
- to make strong or stronger
- anneal, brace, build up, confirm, enstrengthen, fortify, harden, indurate, intend, invigorate, munite, nerve, roborate, steel, strength, thicken
- to augment
- augment
- to impart vigor, strength, or vitality
- invigorate
- To impart strength
- fortify
- to make larger
- add, augment, embiggen, enhance, enlarge, enlargen, increase, increment, largen, raise, up
- Especially by addition or augmentation.
- reinforce
- encourage
- animate, rally, reanimate, empower, refresh
- substantiate
- bolster, confirm, authenticate, corroborate, validate, verify
Antonyms
- to make strong or stronger
- atrophy, debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, weaken
- encourage
- discourage, dishearten, dissuade, deter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From rare Middle English strengthenen (14th c.), from earlier strengthen (12th c.), where -en is the infinitive ending. Probably the original form was reinterpreted as strength + -en around the time when the infinitive ending was being apocopated in late Middle English.
Sample Sentences
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[...] in connection with his look and manner, and the character of his audience, even this was striking. It is possible, however, that my favourable impression of him may have been greatly influenced and strengthened, firstly, by his impressing upon his hearers that the true observance of religion was not inconsistent with a cheerful deportment and an exact discharge of the duties of their station, which, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] a bare, dull, dreary place, with nothing for the eye to rest on but the empty walls, a woman was locked up alone. She was bent, they told me, on committing suicide. If anything could have strengthened her in her resolution, it would certainly have been the insupportable monotony of such an existence.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] The tract of country through which it takes its course was once productive; but the soil has been exhausted by the system of employing a great amount of slave labour in forcing crops, without strengthening the land: and it is now little better than a sandy desert overgrown with trees. Dreary and uninteresting as its aspect is, I was glad to the heart to find anything on which one of the curses of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] an exceeding delicacy of constitution, he was, at the instance of physicians, during many years of his boyhood, sent to the care of his uncle in Vermont, in order that his constitution might be strengthened by the cold of a more bracing climate.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] who handed him a bill without looking at it, and pocketed the change without counting it, Tom had every facility and temptation to dishonesty; and nothing but an impregnable simplicity of nature, strengthened by Christian faith, could have kept him from it. But, to that nature, the very unbounded trust reposed in him was bond and seal for the most scrupulous accuracy.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] that cough,—it was only some little stomach affection, such as children often had. But he kept by her more than before, took her oftener to ride with him, brought home every few days some receipt or strengthening mixture,—“not, ” he said, “ that the child _needed_ it, but then it would not do her any harm. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ It does not for some things, ” said Alfred; “ for others, again, it does. It makes boys manly and courageous; and the very vices of an abject race tend to strengthen in them the opposite virtues. I think Henrique, now, has a keener sense of the beauty of truth, from seeing lying and deception the universal badge of slavery. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)