| VERB | change | beef up, strengthen, fortify | make strong or stronger |
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| Meaning | make strong or stronger. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | strengthen, fortify | |
| Cause to | strengthen | gain strength |
| Narrower | batten | Secure with battens |
| batten, batten down, secure | Furnish with battens | |
| brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise | support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace / brace | |
| buttress | make stronger or defensible | |
| confirm | make more firm | |
| reinforce, reenforce | make stronger | |
| restrengthen | make strong again | |
| ruggedize, ruggedise | produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage | |
| substantiate | solidify, firm, or strengthen | |
| undergird, brace up | make secure underneath | |
| vitalize, vitalise | make more lively or vigorous | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | weaken | lessen the strength of |
| Spanish | consolidar, fortalecer, reforzar | |
| Catalan | consolidar, enfortir, reforçar | |
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