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[ verb ] make strong or stronger

Synonyms

strengthen fortify

Examples

"This exercise will strengthen your upper body" "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

Used in print

(Rosemary Balckmon, "How Much Do You Tell When...)

Interpretation , naturally , remains the role of the therapist , but orientation - not_only the patient 's vocal giveaways of geographical and socio-economic background , but also vocal but non-verbal giveaways of danger spots in his relationship to people - can be considerably beefed_up by the linguist .

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