English · verb

strengthen

‘make strong’
strong+-enCAUS

-en — causative

The same meaning in all five languages

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  1. 01strengthen is an English verb formed from the stem strong with the suffix -en (causative).3 steps
    • rulerule:morphology-chain
    • affixaffix:en:-en
    • rulerule:segmentation-confidence:1.0
  2. 02Its meaning ('make strong') can be approximated as CAUSE(BECOME(BIG)) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03Aligned forms: French fortifier (translation equivalent); Hindi मज़बूत करना (mazbūt karnā) (translation equivalent); Tamil வலுப்படுத்து (valuppaṭuttu) (translation equivalent); Telugu బలపరచు (balaparacu) (translation equivalent).1 step
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