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strengthing

strengthing is the present participle and gerund of strength.

Meaning of strength

Verb

strength (third-person singular simple present strengths, present participle strengthing, simple past and past participle strengthed)

  1. (obsolete) To strengthen (all senses).
    • ſtrengthed with all myght / thꝛowe hys gloꝛious power / vnto all pacience / and longe ſufferynge with ioyfulnes1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Colossians j:[11], folio cclviiii, verso

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Questions about strengthing

What is strengthing the present participle and gerund of?
Strengthing is the present participle and gerund of strength.

Words near strengthing in the dictionary

  1. strengthfully
  2. strengthfulness
  3. strengthier
  4. strengthiest
  5. strengthily
  6. strengthing
  7. strengthless
  8. strengthlessly
  9. strengthlessness
  10. strengthner
  11. strengthners

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