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present tense third-person singular of strengthen
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1
to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force
- lifting weights every day will eventually strengthen your muscles
- the army makes new recruits run for miles in order to strengthen them
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2
to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure
- required weeks of physical therapy to strengthen his arm enough to pitch for the team again
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3
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
- encouraged the boarding school students to strengthen their ties with the community by doing public service
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4
to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally
- strengthened herself for the moment she'd have to tell her friend that she had lost the borrowed necklace
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