About The Word Fortify
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Fortify
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What's The Definition Of Fortify?
[v] make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strenghten the relations between the two countries"
[v] add alcohol beverages [v] add nutrients to; as of foods; "fortified milk" [v] prepare oneselg for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East" [v] enclose by or as if by a fortification Synonyms | Synonyms for Fortify: arm | beef up | build up | fort | gird | lace | spike | strengthen Related Terms | Find terms related to Fortify: add to | adulterate | affirm | animate | arm | armor | armor-plate | arouse | attest | augment | authenticate | back | back up | bank | barricade | bastardize | battle | bear out | beef up | blockade | bolster | boost | brace | brace up | brisk | brisken | buck up | bulwark | buoy | buttress | case harden | castellate | certify | cheer | chirk up | circumstantiate | confirm | contaminate | corroborate | corrupt | crenellate | cut | debase | denaturalize | denature | dig in | dilute | doctor | doctor up | document | embattle | embolden | encourage | energize | enhance | enliven | enrich | entrench | exhilarate | fence | fresh up | freshen | freshen up | garrison | gird | harden | hearten | increase | invigorate | lace | man | man the garrison | mine | nerve | palisade | perk up | pick up | pollute | prepare | probate | prop | prove | quicken | rally | ratify | ready | reanimate | reassure | recreate | recruit | refresh | refreshen | regale | reinforce | reinvigorate | renew | restore | restrengthen | revive | revivify | rouse | secure | set up | shore up | spike | steel | stiffen | stimulate | stir | strengthen | substantiate | supplement | support | sustain | tamper with | temper | toughen | undergird | uphold | validate | verify | vivify | wall | warrant | water | water down See Also | add | alter | batten | batten down | brace | brace up | buttress | change | confirm | enclose | forearm | inclose | rearm | re-arm | reenforce | reinforce | restrengthen | ruggedise | ruggedize | secure | shut in | stabilise | stabilize | steady | substantiate | trench | undergird | vitalise | vitalize Fortify In Webster's Dictionary \For"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fortified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Fortifying}.] [F. fortifier, L. fortificare; fortis
strong + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Fort}, and {-fy}.]
1. To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish
with power to resist attack.
Timidity was fortified by pride. --Gibbon.
Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to
fortify his resolution. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by
surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works;
to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces.
\For"ti*fy\, v. i. To raise defensive works. --Milton. |
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