Word Meanings - RESTRENGTHEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To strengthen again; to fortify anew.
Related words: (words related to RESTRENGTHEN)
- AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif. - STRENGTHENING
That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- Strength"en*ing*ly, adv. Strengthening plaster , a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects. - AGAIN
again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, - STRENGTHENER
One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. Sir W. Temple. - AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in - AGAIN; AGAINS
Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer. - FORTIFY
1. To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack. Timidity was fortified by pride. Gibbon. Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to fortify his resolution. Sir W. Scott. 2. To strengthen - AGAINWARD
Back again. - AGAINBUY
To redeem. Wyclif. - STRENGTHEN
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. Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . . With powerful policy strengthen themselves. Shak. - THEREAGAIN
In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer. - RESTRENGTHEN
To strengthen again; to fortify anew. - REFORTIFY
To fortify anew.