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A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.

or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.

To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions. Cf. Standardized solution, under Solution.

To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.

e a higher tone or sound; to give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten; to strengthen.

Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.

n soldiers to the use of arms. Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most proper strength of a free nation. Milton. The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train. Dryden.

ne who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.

Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected. [I] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. Milton.

To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.

ciple, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. "O ever-failing trust in mortal strength!" Milton. Most take things upon trust. Locke.

To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.

Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue. Sapless age and weak unable limbs. Shak.

for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care. You do unbend your noble strength. Shak.

Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank.

To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.

Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc.; weak; effeminate.

To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm. Unequal match'd, . . . The unnerved father falls. Shak.

To deprive of sinews or of strength. [R.] Dryden.

Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection. An answer that is open to no valid exception. I. Taylor.