单词 | strengthener |
释义 | strengthenern. Something or someone that gives or increases strength. 1. Chiefly in religious language. A giver of moral or spiritual strength; a source of courage, confidence, or resolution. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes horn of salvation (health)c825 fatherOE Our FatherOE leecha1200 searcher of (men's) heartsa1382 untempter1382 headstone of the cornerc1400 Valentinec1450 illuminator1485 sun?1521 righteous maker1535 shepherd1535 verity1535 strengthener1567 gracer1592 heart-searcher1618 heartbreaker1642 sustainera1680 philanthropist1730 the invisible1781 praise1782 All-Father1814 wisdom1855 omniscient1856 engracer1866 inbreather1873 God of the gaps1933 the great —— in the sky1968 the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun] > one who or that which encourages hearterc1550 encourager1562 strengthener1567 heartener1601 emboldener1847 booster1890 pep talker1925 1567 E. Hake tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ iii. xxxv. f. 97 Sonne, I am the Lorde, the strengthener of men in aduersities [L. Dominus confortans in die tribulationis]. 1607 R. Humfrey Conflict Iob 55 How comes it to passe, that thou which hast bin in times of prosperity a strengthner of others in the faith dost now in thine aduersity shrinke vnder the burden, and despair of saluation? 1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 30 The holy Spirit of God, who is as much at liberty as the wind, is both the begetter, and the strengthener. 1734 J. Sherbrooke Serious Advice of Parent to His Children 69 This blessed Holy Spirit..is stiled the Comforter, the Sanctifier, the Leader, Guide, Teacher, Strengthener of his People. 1760 Coll. Testimonies concerning Several Ministers of Gospel 82 The Lord was pleased to make him a serviceable Instrument amongst us, and a Strengthener of those who were right minded. 1821 J. F. Cooper Spy II. i. 5 I have a small book here which I make it a point to read a little in, whenever we are about to engage, and I find it a great strength'ner in time of need. 1865 C. Lever Let. 4 Feb. in E. Downey C. Lever (1906) II. xv. 85 Your encouragement will be a great strengthener to me, and give me that confidence that none of my own connections ever inspire. 1904 C. H. Brent Consol. Cross 3 He is God the Consoler as well as God the Strengthener. 1980 R. W. J. Austin tr. Ibn Al' Arabi Bezels of Wisdom i. 108 Were it not for this distinction one divine Name would be interpreted..as another. The Name the Strengthener is not understood in the same way as the Name the Abaser. 2011 M. Clanahan Cast up Highway i. viii. 59 That's why we need to continue to reinforce the Word in ourselves. It is our strengthener,..our reminder of the trustworthiness of our God! 2. Something that gives or increases bodily strength or promotes healthiness. Also: something that gives physical solidity or firmness; a structural support; a reinforcement; a strengthening agent. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > strengthening > [noun] > one who or that which strengthOE strengthener1579 sinewera1813 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > tonic strengthening1571 strengthener1579 corroborative1601 fortification1655 roborant1661 corroborator1674 corroboratica1704 corroborant1738 bracer1740 tonic1799 invigorant1822 1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xi. 24 Exercise..is the preseruer of mans life,..strengthner of the partes, death of disseases. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God viii. xxix. 340 But vinegar,..mingled with hyssop, is a strengthener. 1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. iv. 144 There is not a more wonderful Strengthner of the Solids..than the Jesuits Bark. 1751 J. Hill Hist. Materia Medica iii. 895 The greatest Quantity of Isinglass is made in Russia... It is an excellent Agglutinant and Strengthner. 1825 L. Hunt tr. F. Redi Bacchus in Tuscany 120 Tea is highly commended..as a strengthener to the head and stomach. 1842 Penny Mag. Apr. 172/2 If we open a piano-forte..we shall see bars and rods and strengtheners of various kinds. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table v They go for weakness whenever they see it, with stimulants and strengtheners. 1906 Brit. Dental Jrnl. 27 882 It is a principle in the use of metal as a strengthener that gold is the best metal to use. 1920 Boys' Life Sept. 26/2 How he hung on, I don't know, but fear is a great strengthener. 1977 New Scientist 20 Oct. 156/3 In mending broken bones.., it is usually necessary to fit strengtheners in the form of pins. 2011 K. Jaggers Everything Pie Cookbk. i. 2 Strengtheners are ingredients that help build structure in baked goods and include flour, milk, whole eggs, and egg whites. 3. Something that increases force, degree, effectiveness, or power; an intensifier; an augmenter. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > [noun] > a source or means of strengthinga1400 confirmator1485 stablishment1533 strengthening1571 strengthener1579 corroborative1601 strength1615 corroboration1670 re-enforcer1832 reinforcer1873 vertebration1884 1579 Poore Knight his Pallace Liiiv Ah true maintainers of the right, and strengthners of the lawes. 1645 G. Smith Englands Pressures 14 These have beene the strengthners of the hands of the Enemies. 1654 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest iii. ix. 173 There is no greater strengthener of sin, and destroyer of the soul, then Scripture misapplied. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xix. 90 Religious zeal is a strengthener, a confirmer, of all the social sanctions. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 225 The grand strengthener of faith and every other virtue is a behaviour conformable thereto. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) v. 160 Simplicity in habit, truth in speech, Be these the daily strengtheners of their minds! 1865 E. Morris Ten Acres Enough (ed. 4) iv. 29 Her resolution was a powerful strengthener of my own convictions. 1882 Cent. Mag. May 130/1 A chairman is a very valuable strengthener of the lecturer's position. 1916 H. Nicolay Our Nation in Building xxiii. 504 It was a test of endurance and a strengthener of character. 1959 I. Gershwin Lyrics on Several Occasions 343 ‘Got’ for some centuries has been accepted as a strengthener in ‘I've got’ and ‘I have got’. 2005 T. Grescoe Devil's Picnic (2006) viii. 298 The original role of drugs, as agents of pleasure, transcendence, and strengtheners of community. 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