† enstrengthenv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To strengthen, make strong.
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1539 Proclam. Hen. VIII in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. III. 366 Until such time as they, enstrengthened, may be able to go in like pace with them.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 38 A famose Toun or Castelle, apon a very Torre or Hille, wunderfully enstrengthenid of nature.
1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea ii. 162 Enstrengthening himselfe to receive that soule which by the right of Love he supposed belonged to him.
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