† enstrengthv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To endow with strength, strengthen.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fortify [verb (transitive)]
fastenOE
enfirm1297
ofstrengthc1325
strengthc1325
warnc1330
ward1340
warnestorec1374
abattlec1380
embattlec1380
fortify1436
bulwark1450
strengthen1450
bastille1480
enstrength1483
rempare1525
munite1533
fence1535
force1535
ranforce1547
rampire1550
fort1559
ramforce1570
fortificate1575
refortify1579
ensconce1590
munify1596
sconce1598
renforce1602
harness1611
munish1633
tackle1645
schanze1901
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > strengthening > make strong [verb (transitive)]
strengha1175
strengthc1300
fastena1398
starka1400
fortify14..
enstrength1483
roborate1534
enstrengthen1539
strengthen1539
strengthen1546
masculate1623
nerve1694
nervate1792
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 122/2 Thys vyncent was tormented for to dwelle wyth God..he was beten to be enstrengthed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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