brace up (v.)
- animate
- assure
- bolster
- brace
- brisk
- brisken
- buttress
- cheer
- confirm
- convalesce
- embolden
- encourage
- enliven
- exhilarate
- fortify
- freshen
- gird
- harden
- hearten
- improve
- inspire
- inspirit
- invigorate
- nerve
- prop
- quicken
- rally
- reanimate
- reassure
- recreate
- recruit
- recuperate
- refresh
- refreshen
- regale
- reinforce
- reinvigorate
- renew
- restrengthen
- revive
- revivify
- steel
- stiffen
- stimulate
- strengthen
- support
- sustain
- temper
- toughen
- undergird
- vivify
