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  1. 1. superl. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. Source: opted
  2. 2. superl. Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health. Source: opted
  3. 3. superl. Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town. Source: opted
  4. 4. superl. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea. Source: opted
  5. 5. superl. Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants. Source: opted
  6. 6. superl. Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong. Source: opted
  7. 7. superl. Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide. Source: opted
  8. 8. superl. Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language. Source: opted
  9. 9. superl. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory. Source: opted
  10. 10. superl. Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee. Source: opted
  11. 11. superl. Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors. Source: opted
  12. 12. superl. Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent. Source: opted
  13. 13. superl. Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. Source: opted
  14. 14. superl. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief. Source: opted
  15. 15. superl. Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent. Source: opted
  16. 16. superl. Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination. Source: opted
  17. 17. superl. Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful. Source: opted
  18. 18. superl. Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market. Source: opted
  19. 19. superl. Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak. Source: opted
  20. 20. superl. Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular. Source: opted

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