Definition
To make strong or to strengthen something.
Etymology
From 'en-' combined with 'strengthen', itself built from 'strength' plus '-en'. This is a doubly-affixed verb showing the Middle English love of intensification—adding 'en-' to an already-strengthened verb.
Kelly Says
Medieval scribes loved the redundancy of this word—it shows how writers piled on prefixes to show extreme intensity, much like how we today might say 'I very strongly believe' instead of just 'I believe', except they did it with word formation itself.
Translations
ARالعربية
تعزيز
ta-a-zi-z
BNবাংলা
শক্তিশালী করা
shk-ti-sha-lee kor-a
CACatalà
fortalecer
fort-a-le-ser
CSČeština
posílit
po-si-lit
DADansk
forstærke
for-stjer-ka
DEDeutsch
stärken
shter-ken
ELΕλληνικά
ενδυναμώ
en-di-na-mo
ESEspañol
fortalecer
fortal-seh-kar
FISuomi
vahvistaa
vah-vis-taa
FRFrançais
renforcer
ron-furs-ay
GUGU
શક્તિશાળી
shak-ti-sha-lee
HIहिन्दी
मजबूत करना
ma-j-boot kar-na
HUMagyar
erősíteni
er-os-i-ni-tee
IDBahasa Indonesia
memperkuat
me-per-kuat
IGIG
nwere ike
nwe-re i-ke
ITItaliano
rafforzare
ra-for-za-ray
KMKM
ប្រព្រឹត្ត
bra-prou-t
MRMR
शक्तीकरण
shak-tee-ka-ran
MSBahasa Melayu
perkuat
per-kuat
MYမြန်မာ
အကောင်း
a-ka-ung
NLNederlands
versterken
ver-ster-ken
NONorsk
forsterke
for-ster-ke
PLPolski
wzmocnić
vzmoc-nic
PTPortuguês
fortalecer
fortal-eh-ser
RORomână
a întări
a in-tar-ee
RUРусский
укрепить
ukreplyit'
SVSvenska
förstärka
for-stjer-ka
SWKiswahili
kuimarisha
koo-ee-ma-ri-sha
TAதமிழ்
மறுபடியும்
mar-pu-di-yum
TEతెలుగు
강화하다
gang-hwa-hada
THไทย
เสริมสร้าง
se-rim-sraang
TLTL
palakasin
pa-la-ka-sin
TRTürkçe
güçlendirmek
gich-len-dir-mek
UKУкраїнська
зміцнити
zmyts-nyty
URاردو
مजबूत کرنا
maz-boot ker-na
VITiếng Việt
tăng cường
tang ky-ong