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Destitute of strength. Boyle.

See Strengthener.

Having strength; strong. [Obs.]

Strenuousness; activity. [Obs.] Chapman.

Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country. And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. Chapman. Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. I. Taylor. -- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Str…

Want of strength; weakness; feebleness. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Being without trenches; whole; intact. [Obs.]

To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates. The fury of Glengarry . . . rapidly abated. Macaulay.

llectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren. Acts xi. 29. Natural abilities are like natural plants, that…

A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.

Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to e…

Shak. Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee. Trench.

A canal or trench for irrigating land. [Sp. Amer.]

The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure.

An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. Ure.

The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. -- Ac`id*i*met"ric*al, a.

Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.

To reënforce; to strengthen. Hallam.

A reënforcement; a strengthening. Hallam.

r of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk. Sir W. Scott.