Enhearten vs Strengthen - What's the difference?
enhearten | strengthen | Related terms |
To comfort and embolden, encourage, animate, hearten
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* 2. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol III, p1935, enhearten (lb) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest,/ With powerful policy strengthen themselves.
*1851 , Anonymous,
*:A little hardship, and a little struggling with the rougher elements of life, will perchance but strengthen and increase his courage, and prepare him for the conflicts and struggles of after years.
(lb) To animate; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.
*(Bible), (w) iii. 28
*:Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him.
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*:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.."
(lb) To augment; to improve; to intensify.
(lb) To grow strong or stronger.
Enhearten is a related term of strengthen.
As verbs the difference between enhearten and strengthen
is that enhearten is to comfort and embolden, encourage, animate, hearten while strengthen is (lb) to make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.enhearten
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(en verb)citation, genre= , publisher=Houghton Mifflin Co. , isbn= , page=164 , passage=But the victory did little to enhearten the captains. }}
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strengthen
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