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1. (v.t.) fortify
to increase the defenses of:
to fortify a besieged town.
2. fortify
to furnish with a means of standing strain or wear:
to fortify cotton with nylon.
3. fortify
to impart strength or vigor to.
4. fortify
to increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients.
5. fortify
to strengthen mentally or morally:
fortified by faith.
6. fortify
to confirm or corroborate:
to fortify an argument with facts.
7. (v.i.) fortify
to set up fortifications.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < MF fortifier < LL fortificāre < L forti(s) strong)
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| Definition of 'fortify' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) strengthen, beef up, fortify
make strong or stronger
"This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
2. (verb) fortify, fort
enclose by or as if by a fortification
3. (verb) arm, build up, fortify, gird
prepare oneself for a military confrontation
"The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
4. (verb) fortify
add nutrients to
"fortified milk"
5. (verb) spike, lace, fortify
add alcohol to (beverages)
"the punch is spiked!"
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| Definition of 'fortify' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) fortify
to add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack
2. (verb) fortify
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
3. (verb) fortify
to raise defensive works
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Sense: to prepare (a building, city etc) for an attack by strengthening and arming it
The king fortified the castle against the attacking armies.
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 Afrikaans: versterk |
 Arabic: يُحَصِّن، يُقَوّي |
 Bulgarian: укрепявам се |
 Brazilian: fortificar |
 Czech: opevnit |
 German: befestigen |
 Danish: forskanse; befæste |
 Greek: οχυρώνω |
 Spanish: fortificar, fortalecer |
 Estonian: kindlustama |
 Farsi: مستحکم کردن |
 Finnish: linnoittaa |
 French: fortifier |
 Hebrew: לְבַצֵר |
 Hindi: किलेबन्दी करना |
 Croatian: utvrditi, ojačati |
 Hungarian: megerősít |
 Indonesian: memperkuat |
 Icelandic: víggirða |
 Italian: fortificare |
 Japanese: 要塞化する |
 Korean: (공격에 대비하여) 강화(보강)하다 |
 Lithuanian: tvirtinti, stiprinti |
 Latvian: nostiprināt; nocietināt |
 Malay: memperkuat |
 Dutch: versterken |
 Norwegian: befeste, forsterke |
 Polish: obwarowywać, fortyfikować |
 Persian: مستحکم کردن |
 Pashto: قوى كول، پيا و ړى كول، زو |
 Portuguese: fortificar |
 Romanian: a fortifica |
 Russian: укреплять |
 Slovak: opevniť |
 Slovenian: utrditi |
 Serbian: utvrditi |
 Swedish: befästa |
 Thai: ป้องกัน |
 Turkish: sağlamlaştırmak |
 Taiwanese: 加強防禦 |
 Ukrainian: зводити укріплення |
 Urdu: دفاعی مورچہ بندی کرنا |
 Vietnamese: củng cố |
 Chinese: 加强防御 |
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