cement:

settle or establish firmly

cement:

settle or establish firmly

(Verb)

Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  The alliance between Rama and Sugriva was cemented by the similarity of their distresses: they both had been targets of family misunderstandings.   

Mahabharata:  Karna’s bond with Duryodhana became cemented when the Kaurava prince gave him both position and praise.

Bhagavad-gita:  Every day we study the Gita, we cement the place of transcendence within our intelligence, that is, our intelligence gets reoriented towards transcendence.