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Show B g N f b l f t u f a l p c r Fiem D The fair Corinthian crown the higher fpace And all below is flrengh, and all above is grace n k a o n k a Vigour o i Strength there muft be either of love or war t n - m f t t i a l y w r r n c c f eve " IIO.L)'JU)' f j a f w g i t al i d G Hinder'd not Satan to attempt the min 70 STRE'NGTHEN 1. To make ftrong 2 An ardent judge, who, zealous in his truft With warmth gives fentence, yet is always juft Whofe own example frengthens all his laws Shake[peare And is himfelf that great fublime"he draws. Pope If it were true that women were thus naturall vain and light, then how much more blameable i that education, which feems contrived to flrengthe and increafe this folly Law Bereave me not thy aid Thy counfel, in this uttermoft diftrefs Milton a f a t n r f l o M " force of any menta 3. To animate Le large views % gion of thought and penetra acutenef of judgment and frengt thei fe He enjoyed the greateft frength of good fenfe n + and the moft exquifite tafte of politeneis. Addif We, like friendly colours, found our hearts unite us rife up and build hand fo they flrengthene for this work Nchemiahb, ii. 18 4. To make to increafe in power or {ecuTatyAEI h i d a t n r f n r n c c e o f c e A Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the reft With powerful policy firengthen themfelves Shake[peare's Henry V1 They fought the frengthening of the heathen 1 Mac. vi Pope .7, Spirit; animation Methinks I feel new frength within me rife Milton Wings growing, and dominion given Adam and firft matron Ev % Had ended now their orifons, and foun 70 STRE'NGTHEN. w. n. To grow ftrong Oh men for flatt'ry and deceit renown'd Thus when y' are young ye learn it all like him Strength added from above, new hope to {prin _ Milton Out of defpair e "} Vigou of writing ; nervou Till, as your years increafe, that ffrengthens too Otway's Orphan T undo poor maids The difeafe, that fhall deftroy at length dition . force, oppofed to foftnefs, in writing o painting Leave fuch to tune their own dull rhymes, an kno .+ What's roundly fmooth, or languithingly flow . And praife the eafy vigour of a line Where Denham's ffrength and Waller's fweetnef STRE'NGTHENER. | 7. /. [from frength Pope ~ ). Potency of liquors t0. Fortification fortrefs The rathnefs of talking fhould not only be re¢ tarded by the guard of our heart, but fenced in b eertain frengths placed in the mouth Ben Fonfon's Difcoveries He though j Thisinacceffible high ffrength to have feiz'd. Milt Betray'd in all his ffrengths, the wood befe All infiruments, all arts, of ruin met Denbamn 11. Support; maintenance of power What they boded would be a mifchief to us, yo ¢ ate providing fhall be one of our principal frengths Spratt's Sermons 12, Legal force ; validity ; fecurity Certain fervices were due from the foldier to hi captain, and from the captain to the prince; an upon the frength of fuch tenures in after times the defcendents of thefe people and their kings di fubfift and make their wars Davenant The allies, after a fuccefsfu fummer are to apt, upon the flrength of it, to neglect their preparations for the enfuing campaign Addifen force ; power Whatishis ffrength byland ? Shak. Ant.andClecp Nor was there any other ffrength defigned to attend about his highnefs than one regiment. C/a{'m f '5% Perfuafive prevalence ; argumentativ Srengthner. 1. That which gives ftrength ; that whic makes ftrong Garlick is a great flremgthencr of the ftomach Temple upon decays of appetite, or indigeftion 2 [In medicine. Strengthenersadd to th on the vita are fuch as driv a&ions but thefe fuch as confirm the ftamina STRE'NGTHLESS [from frength. adj 1. Wanting ftrength ; deprived of ftrength Yet arethefe feet, whofe frength/efs ftay is numb Unable to fupport this lump of clay. Shak. Hen. VI As the wretch, whofe fever-weaken'd joints Like frengthlefs hinges, buckle under life Impatient of his fit, breaks like a fir Out of his keeper's arms 2. Wanting potency Shake[peare's Henry IV weak Ufed of li .Th'ls prefuppofed, it may the ftand very wel With frength and foundnefs of reafon, thus to an Hooker ‘1. Vigoroudly; actively yet will there diver can ufe both hands Man remain that canflrc-nmnj,/)' mak ufe of neither Brown's Vulgar Errours 2. Zealoufly; vehemently; with ardour ot conWriters difpute ffrenucufly for the libert fcience, and inveigh largely againtt all ecclefiafSavift ticks under the name of high church There was no true catholick but ffr tended for it Wierl adj. [ frepo, Lat. STre'PEROUS Loud noify Porta conceives, becaufe in a flreperous eruptio it rifeth againft fire, it doth therefore refift I Brown ning violence Saxon StrEss., n f. [yrece or from diffre/s. 1. Importance; important part the hazard o The frefs of the fable lies upo on which the grea This hav depends, woul fufficient bee n c ftock o having a numerou L'Efira firefs of the bu made out with reafon Locke z. Importance imputed; weight afcribed A bod as wel ma lay too little as too muc Jt7efs upon a dream ; but the lefs we heed them th L' Efirange better It fhewed how very little frefs is to be laid upo Lefley the precedents they bring Confider how great a firefs he laid upon thi duty, while upon earth, and how earneftly he reAtterbury commended it 3. Violence force altin eithe or fuf fered By ftrefs of weather driv'n Dryden's Ascid At laft they landed Though the faculties of the mind are improve by exercife, yet they muft not be put to a firefs beLocke yond their ftrength [evidently from 4i/To STrRESS. w. a trefs.] To diftrefs ; to put to hardfhip or difficulties Stirred with pity of the freffed pligh Of this fad realm 7o STRETCH «. a Spenfer [fenecan, Saxon JFrecken, Dutch. 1. To extend ; to{pread out to a diftance out of hi The fretchin wings thall fill th Ifziab, viii, 8 breadth of thy land Stretehrthine hand unto the poor. Ecc/us. vii. 52 Take thy rod, and firerch out thine hand Exodus, vii Eden flretch'd her lin 19 From Auran eaftward to the royal tower Of great Seleucia, built by Grecian kings. Milrex 2. To elongate, or firain to a greater {pace Regions to whic All thy dominion, Adam, is no mar Than what this garden is to all the eart And all the fea, from one-entire globof Streteh'd into longitude 3. Toexpand to difplay Milron Leviathan on the deep This liquor muft be inflammable or not, and ye fubtile and pungent, which may be called fpirit or el(e_/t'ngr/:/[fx or infipid which ma be name Boyle phlegm STRE'NUOUS. adj. [ frenuns, Latin. 1. Brave; bold; ative; valiant; dangeroufly laborious Nation grow corrup Love bondage more than liberty Bondage with eafe than ffrenuous liberty Miltew's Agoniftes 2. Zealous ; vehement He refolves to be flrenuous for taking off the teft againf [from frenuoys, adv STRE'NUOUSLY -in"‘/_'"‘y 253 the maxims of all wife Chriftian govern ments, which always had fome eftablithed religion orce Vor, I contraétio uors 13. Confidence imparted fwer b bulk and firmnefs of the folids : cordial 4. Armament er STRE'NGTHNER Caracci's ffrength, Coreggio's fofter line . Paulo's free firoke, and Titian's warmth divine and flrengthens with hi Pope Grows with his growth ftrength I‘ypc join / to fix in refolution Charge Jothua,and encourage him, and frengthe im Deut Locke & have equalled Toconfirm ; to eftablith And blefs your critick with a poet's fire t o p f : t t r c f o p S " ' Aniftotle' @, a. | from frength. bred up to Temple Thee, bold Longinus ! all the Nine infpire f n f f f n r f c a f f r o s FOWE Our caftle's ffrengt %5, Power of mind bum e . faculty ftrengthen the things which he and all men have been alway Milton T Authority is by nothing fo much ffrengthened an confirmed as by cuftom; for no man eafily diftruft This a& Shall crufh the frength of Satan «. " Will laugh a fiege to {corn w. Edward's happy-order'd reign moft fertile breed Plenty of mighty fpirits, to frength his ftate, Daniel d m a i - e f a r t e g e Of man, with f Milton STrencTH Not ufed D!)‘u'{‘n ‘2 e 7 T ST leaving at beft a toleration to others. Swwift to Pope Citizens within the bills of mortality hav Jrenuous againdt the church and crown bee Savift Stretch'd like a promontory, fleeps Milton What more likely to firetch forth the heavens and lay the foundation of the earth, than infinit power 4. To ftrain to the utmoft Tillotfor This kifs, if it durft fpeak Would ffretch thy fpirits up into the air Shakefpeare's King Lear 5. To make tenfe So the fretch'd cord the'thackled dancer tries Smith 6. T carr right by violence farther than i to ftrain as, to fretc to freteh credit To STRETCH. . a text 1. Tobe extended, locally, intélle@uall or confequentially L Idolatr |
