strengthen (v.)
- accelerate
- accrue
- accumulate
- advance
- affirm
- aggravate
- animate
- anneal
- appreciate
- attest
- augment
- authenticate
- back
- balloon
- bloat
- bolster
- boom
- boost
- brace
- breed
- broaden
- buttress
- certify
- cheer
- circumstantiate
- complicate
- concentrate
- condense
- confirm
- consolidate
- corroborate
- crescendo
- deepen
- develop
- document
- double
- embolden
- encourage
- endure
- energize
- enhance
- exacerbate
- exaggerate
- fortify
- gain
- gird
- grow
- harden
- hearten
- heighten
- increase
- inspirit
- intensify
- invigorate
- magnify
- mount
- multiply
- nerve
- nourish
- nutrify
- prepare
- probate
- proliferate
- prop
- prove
- ramify
- ratify
- ready
- recruit
- redouble
- refresh
- reinforce
- reinvigorate
- rejuvenate
- renew
- restrengthen
- rigidify
- rise
- sharpen
- snowball
- spread
- steel
- stiffen
- substantiate
- supplement
- support
- sustain
- swell
- temper
- tense
- tighten
- toughen
- triple
- undergird
- uphold
- validate
- verify
- vitalize
- warrant
- wax
- whet
- widen