to affirm, to fortify, to consolidate, to confirm, to strengthen;
to tighten, to strain, to restrain, to draw closer, to bind faster, to tie tight;
to constrain, to enforce, to press;
to invigorate, to corroborate, to encourage, to inspirit, to remove one's fear;
to persist, to insist, to urge, to be bent upon, to pretend, to maintain;
— զմէջ or գօտի ընդ մէջ, to gird up one's loins;
to arm or prepare oneself;
— զանձն, to refrain oneself, to keep with in bounds, cf. Ժուժկալեմ;
— զանձն ընդդէմ, to provide against;
— զհաւատս, to confirm the faith.