be

1) to strengthen: strengthen; 2) to strengthen: hold; 3) to strengthen: ensure; 4) to strengthen: prevail over; 5) to strengthen: persevere

be; grow firm; strong; strengthen; be; grow strong; strengthened him not; make strong; strengthen; sustain; encourage; make strong; bold; encourage; make firm; make rigid; hard; harden; make strong; strengthen; make firm; display strength; make severe; support; repair; prevail; take; keep hold; seize; grasp; strengthen oneself; put forth strength; use one's strength; withstand; hold strongly with

sterk, verbeterde, verbeterden, zich, zijn

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer

aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

to fasten upon

hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate

to bind, restrain, conquer