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promote
English
Etymology
From Latin pr?m?tus, perfect passive participle of pr?move? (“move forward, advance”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???mo?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???m??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
- Hyphenation: pro?mote
Verb
promote (third-person singular simple present promotes, present participle promoting, simple past and past participle promoted)
- (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
- (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
- (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
- (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.
- (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
- (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
- (intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
Antonyms
- (raise rank): demote, relegate
- (advocate or urge on behalf of): denigrate, oppose
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- protome, temporo-, topomer
Latin
Participle
pr?m?te
- vocative masculine singular of pr?m?tus
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strengthen
English
Etymology
From rare Middle English strengthenen (14th c.), from earlier strengthen (12th c.), where -en is the infinitive ending. Probably the original form was reinterpreted as strength +? -en around the time when the infinitive ending was being apocopated in late Middle English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st???(k)??n/, /?st??n??n/
Verb
strengthen (third-person singular simple present strengthens, present participle strengthening, simple past and past participle strengthened)
- (transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2
- Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, […]
With powerful policy strengthen themselves.
- Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, […]
- 1851, Anonymous, Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog
- 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.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2
- (transitive) To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten.
- 1769, The King James Bible, Deuteronomy iii. 28
- Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him.
- "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. […]."
- 1769, The King James Bible, Deuteronomy iii. 28
- (transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify.
- (transitive) To reinforce, to add to, to support (someone or something)
- (transitive) To substantiate; to corroborate (a belief, argument, etc.)
- (intransitive) To grow strong or stronger.
Synonyms
- (to make strong or stronger): See also Thesaurus:strengthen
- (to augment): See also Thesaurus:augment
Antonyms
- weaken
- atrophy
Derived terms
- strengthener
Translations
References
- strengthen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- strenkþen, strengþen, strengþe, strengþi, strengthe, strenght, strenthe, streynght, streynthyn, streyngthe
- (early) strengðden, strengþin, strencþen
Etymology
From strengthe +? -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?str?nk??n/, /?str?n?ð?n/
- (dialectal) IPA(key): /?str?n??n/, /?str?i?n??n/
Verb
strengthen
- to strengthen, fortify (increase the strength of)
- 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job IV:
- Lo! thou hast tau?t ful many men, and thou hast strengthid hondis maad feynt.
- 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job IV:
- to empower, to augment (increase the potency or severity of)
- to enhearten, to encourage (increase the morale of)
- to assist, to support (someone or something)
- to substantiate; to corroborate (a belief, argument, etc.)
- to approve or validate (a document).
- to endeavour; to rouse oneself.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Conjugation
Descendants
- English: strength
References
- “strengthen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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