Part 855

Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves.

Shak.

2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.

Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him.

Deut. iii. 28.

Syn. -- To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate; encourage.

Strength"en (?), v. i. To grow strong or stronger.

The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.

Pope.

Strength"en*er (?), n. One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. Sir W. Temple.

Strength"en*ing, a. That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- Strength"en*ing*ly, adv.

Strengthening plaster (Med.), a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.

Strength"ful (?), a. Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong. -- Strength"ful*ness, n.

Florence my friend, in court my faction Not meanly strengthful.

Marston.

Strength"ing, n. A stronghold. [Obs.]

Strength"less, a. Destitute of strength. Boyle.

Strength"ner (?), n. See Strengthener.

Strength"y (?), a. Having strength; strong. [Obs.]

Stre*nu"i*ty (?), n. [L. strenuatis.] Strenuousness; activity. [Obs.] Chapman.

Stren"u*ous (?), a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. &?; strong, hard, rough, harsh.] Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country.

And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes.

Chapman.

Strenuous, continuous labor is pain.

I. Taylor.

-- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Stren"u*ous*ness, n.

Strep"ent (?), a. [L. strepens, p. pr. of strepere to make a noise.] Noisy; loud. [R.] Shenstone.

Strep"er*ous (?), a. [LL. streperus, fr. L. strepere. See Strepent, and cf. Obstreperous.] Loud; boisterous. [R.] Sir T. Browne.