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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
accelerando, acceleration, affirmation, aggravation, analeptic, attestation, authentication, backing, backing up, bearing out, beefing-up, blowing up, blowup, bolstering, bracing, buttressing, case hardening, certification, circumstantiation, concentration, condensation, confirmation, consolidation, corroborant, corroboration, corroboratory evidence, deepening, documentation, enhancement, exacerbation, exaggeration, explosion, fortification, hardening, heating-up, heightening, information explosion, intensification, invigorating, invigoration, magnification, pickup, population explosion, proof, proving, proving out, ratification, redoubling, refreshing, refreshment, reinforcement, reinvigoration, restorative, restrengthening, revivification, reviving, roborant, speedup, step-up, stimulating, substantiation, support, supporting evidence, tempering, tightening, tonic, undergirding, validation, verification
Dictionary Results for strengthening:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
strengthening
    n 1: becoming stronger [ant: weakening]
    2: the act of increasing the strength of something [ant:
       weakening]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Strengthen \Strength"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strengthened; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Strengthening.]
   1. 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.
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            Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . .
            With powerful policy strengthen themselves. --Shak.
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   2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.
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            Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen
            him.                                  --Deut. iii.
                                                  28.
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   Syn: To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate;
        encourage.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Strengthening \Strength"en*ing\, a.
   That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. --
   Strength"en*ing*ly, adv.
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   Strengthening plaster (Med.), a plaster containing iron,
      and supposed to have tonic effects.
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