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strengthener|ˈstrɛŋθ(ə)nə(r)|
Also 6–8 strengthner.
[f. strengthen v. + -er1.]
One who or something which strengthens.
1579J. Jones Preserv. Body & Soul i. xi. 24 Exercise..is the preseruer of mans life,..strengthner of the partes, death of disseases. 1635Jackson Creed viii. xxix. 340 But vinegar,..mingled with hyssop, is a strengthener. 1645G. Smith Englands Pressures 14 These have beene the strengthners of the hands of the Enemies. 1733Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. iv. §3 (1734) 144 There is not a more wonderful Strengthner of the Solids..than the Jesuits Bark. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 235 The grand strengthener of faith and every other virtue is a behaviour conformable thereto. 1805Wordsw. Prelude v. 422 Simplicity in habit, truth in speech, Be these the daily strengtheners of their minds. 1825L. Hunt Redi's Bacchus in Tuscany 120 Tea is highly commended..as a strengthener to the head and stomach. 1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. IV. 152 If we open a piano-forte..we shall see bars and rods and strengtheners of various kinds. 1872O. W. Holmes Poet Breakf.-t. v, They go for weakness whenever they see it, with stimulants and strengtheners. |