strengthener
English edit
Etymology edit
strengthen + -er
Noun edit
strengthener (plural strengtheners)
- One who, or that which, gives or adds strength.
- a. 1700, William Temple, “Of Health and Long-life”, in Miscellanea. The Third Part. [...], London: […] Jonathan Swift, […] Benjamin Tooke, […], published 1701, →OCLC, page 179:
- Garlick is of great Virtue in all Cholicks , a great Strengthener of the Stomach upon Decays of Appetite , or Indigestion