&c 171; vigor, force; main force, physical force, brute force; spring,
elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity.
stoutness &c adj.; lustihood†, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews
and sinews, physique; pith, pithiness; virtility, vitality.
athletics, athleticism†; gymnastics, feats of strength.
adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak; iron grip; grit, bone.
athlete, gymnast, acrobat; superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus†,
Samson, Cyclops, Goliath; tower of strength; giant refreshed.
strengthening &c v.; invigoration, refreshment, refocillation†.
[Science of forces] dynamics, statics.
V. be strong &c adj., be stronger; overmatch.
render strong &c adj.; give strength &c n.; strengthen,
invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel,
gird; screw up, wind up, set up; gird up one's loins, brace up one's
loins; recruit, set on one's legs; vivify; refresh &c 689; refect†;
reinforce, reenforce &c (restore) 660.
Adj. strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout,
robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid.
resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable,
unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable;
incontestable; more than a match for; overpowering, overwhelming; all
powerful, all sufficient; sovereign.
able-bodied; athletic; Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean†; muscular,
brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart,
gigantic.
manly, man-like, manful; masculine, male, virile.
unweakened†, unallayed, unwithered†, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted†;
in full force, in full swing; in the plenitude of power.
stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted; strong as a
lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy; sound as a
roach; in fine feather, in high feather; built like a brick shithouse;
like a giant refreshed.
Adv. strongly &c adj.; by force &c n.; by main force &c (by compulsion)
744.
Phr. our withers are unwrung [Hamlet].
Blut und Eisen [G.]; coelitus mihi vires [Lat.]; du fort au diable
[Fr.]; en habiles gens [Lat.]; ex vi termini; flecti non frangi [Lat.];
he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill
[Burke]; inflexible in faith invincible in arms [Beattie].