strengthen

strengthen
v. trans.
P. κρατύνειν (or mid.).
Confirm: P. βεβαιοῦν.
Encourage: P. and V. θρᾰσύ̄νειν, θαρσύ̄νειν, P. ἐπιρρωννύναι; see encourage.

STRENGTHEN

roborare: corroborare: firmare: confirmare. To strengthen the body by food or exercise corpus firmare cibo (Liv.) labore (Cic.); exercitatio corpus robustum facit (Quint. 5 10 82): to strengthen the nerves nervos confirmare (Caes.): to strengthen the memory memoriam confirmare (Cic. Quint.): to strengthen the stomach stomachum corroborare: to strengthen one’s self se corroborare or reficere; vires reficere: a strengthening medicine *remedium quod valetudinem confirmat or quod valetudini firmandae corroborandae adhibetur (☞ not firmamentum in this sense): to strengthen by arguments or witnesses confirmare with or without rationibus or argumentis; probare; comprobare (to declare to others as true valid or fit): by anything aliqua re: by examples exemplis comprobare firmare affirmare confirmare (to strengthen the truth of anything); fidem alicui rei addere (to add confirmation or credit to anything).

strengthen:

I. Trans.:

1. firmo, 1 (to give firmness and solidity to): to s. the body by food, corpus cibo f., Liv. 27, 13, extr.: Cic.: to s. and increase any one's resources, opes alicujus f. atque augere, Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40. As milit. term: to s. a place by fortifications, garrisons, locum munitionibus, praesidiis f., Caes.: Sall. Comp. confirmo, 1 (strengthened from simple verb): they think the sinews are s.'d thereby, nervos confirmari putant, Caes. B. G. 6, 21. (For fig. sense, v. TO CORROBORATE.)

2. rōbŏro, 1 (implying rather more than firmo: less freq., and in Cic. only fig.): to s. the limbs, artus r., Lucr. 4, 1038: Plin.: fit education s.s the heart, recti cultus pectora r., Hor. Od 4, 4, 34: Cic. Strengthened, corrōbŏro, 1 (more freq. than simple verb): to s. soldiers by constant toil, milites assiduo labore c., Suet. Galb. 6: to s. the stomach, stomachum c., Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 263. Join: corroborare et confirmare [ingenia], Cic. Am. 20, 74.

3. stăbĭlio, 4 (to render stable or secure): to s. the laws, leges s., Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 62.

4. expr. by circuml.; to s. a conspiracy, *vires, (opes) conjurationis augere: to s. a state, *civitatem viribus opibusque augere; civitatem firmiorem tutioremque contra hostes reddere: v. TO INCREASE (I.).

II. Intrans.: to become strong: only in fig. sense:

1. expr. by pass. of verbs under (I.): e. g. when the character s.s with (i. e. along with) years, corroboratis jam confirmatisque et ingeniis et aetatibus, Cic. Am. 20, 74.

2. or by inceptive verb: e. g. ingrăvesco, 3: the evil s.s daily, i. in dies malum, id. ad Brut. 1, 10, 1: cf. ingravescens morbus, id. Div. 2, 6, 16. Phr.: our affections s. by intercourse, voluntates nostrae consuetudine conglutinantur, cf. Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 2: failings which s. with our strength (lit. along with us), vitia quae nobiscum creverunt, Sen. (Quich.): Fame s.s by advancing, F. vires acquirit eundo, Virg. Aen. 4, 175: v. also TO INCREASE (II.), STRONG TO BECOME or GROW.

ῥώννυμι
to strengthen, make strong and mighty
κρατύνω
to strengthen
ἀέξω
to increase, enlarge, foster, strengthen
ἐπιρρώννυμι
to add strength to, strengthen

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δυναμόω
to strengthen
καρτερόω
strengthen
καρτερύνω
strengthen
κραταιόω
strengthen, mid. prevail
σθενόω
strengthen
στερροποιέω
harden, strengthen
συγκρατύνω
strengthen, make firm
ἐνδυναμόω
to strengthen
ἐνισχύω
strengthen, confirm
ἐπικρατύνω
strengthen
ἰσχυροποιέω
strengthen
ἰσχυρόω
strengthen
ὀφέλλω2
(Epic) increase, enlarge, strengthen

confirmo
to make firm, make strong, establish, strengthen
firmo
to make firm, strengthen, fortify, sustain
munio
to wall, defend with a wall, fortify, defend, protect, secure, strengthen
affirmo
to strengthen.--Fig., to confirm, encourage
roboro
to make strong, strengthen, invigorate, confirm
corroboro
to strengthen, invigorate, make strong, corroborate

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adservio
to help, assist, strengthen
emunio
to fortify, secure, wall off, strengthen
solido
to make firm, make dense, solidify, compact, strengthen