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–noun

1.	a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.

2.	any permanent army post.

3.	(formerly) a trading post.

—Idiom

hold the fort,

a.	to defend one's position against attack or criticism.

b.	to maintain the existing state of affairs.

[Origin: 1550–60; < MF, n. use of adj. fort strong < L fortis

]

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fort.

1.	fortification.

2.	fortified.

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n.

A fortified place or position stationed with troops.
A permanent army post.

[Middle English, strength, stronghold, from Old French, strong, strength, from Latin fortis; see bhergh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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1557, from M.Fr. fort, noun use of O.Fr. fort (adj.) "strong, fortified," from L. fortis "strong," from O.Latin forctus, from PIE base *bheregh- "high, elevated" (cf. Skt. brmhati "strengthens, elevates," O.H.G. berg "hill").

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fort
noun
1.	a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn: garrison]
2.	a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress]
verb
1.	gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
2.	enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: fortify]
3.	station (troops) in a fort

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fort

see hold the fort.

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fort [foːt] noun

a building which is built so that it can be defended against an enemy

Arabic:	حِصْن
Chinese (Simplified):	堡垒
Chinese (Traditional):	堡壘
Czech:	pevnost
Danish:	fort
Dutch:	fort
Estonian:	kindlus(tus)
Finnish:	linnake
French:	fort
German:	das Fort
Greek:	φρούριο
Hungarian:	erőd(ítmény)
Icelandic:	virki
Indonesian:	benteng
Italian:	forte, fortino

Japanese:	とりで
Korean:	요새
Latvian:	forts
Lithuanian:	fortas
Norwegian:	fort
Polish:	fort
Portuguese (Brazil):	forte
Portuguese (Portugal):	forte
Romanian:	fort
Russian:	форт
Slovak:	pevnosť
Slovenian:	trdnjava
Spanish:	fortaleza, fuerte
Swedish:	fort, befästningsverk, skans
Turkish:	kale

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Fort Drum, NY (CDP, FIPS 26759) Location: 44.05341 N, 75.77379 W
Population (1990): 11578 (2277 housing units)
Area: 40.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13602, 13603

Fort Loudon, PA Zip code(s): 17224

Fort Madison, IA (city, FIPS 28605) Location: 40.61974 N, 91.35218 W
Population (1990): 11618 (5209 housing units)
Area: 24.0 sq km (land), 9.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 52627

Fort Washakie, WY (CDP, FIPS 28660) Location: 43.00794 N, 108.92587 W
Population (1990): 1334 (506 housing units)
Area: 53.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 82514

Fort Wainwright, AK Zip code(s): 99703

Fort Mcdowell, AZ Zip code(s): 85264

Fort Meade, FL (city, FIPS 24100) Location: 27.75229 N, 81.79561 W
Population (1990): 4976 (2114 housing units)
Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33841

Fort Meade, SD Zip code(s): 57741

Fort Monmouth, NJ Zip code(s): 07703

Fort Morgan, AL Zip code(s): 36542

Fort Morgan, CO (city, FIPS 27810) Location: 40.26518 N, 103.79457 W
Population (1990): 9068 (3761 housing units)
Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80701

Fort Motte, SC Zip code(s): 29135

Fort Valley, GA (city, FIPS 31096) Location: 32.55482 N, 83.88866 W
Population (1990): 8198 (3074 housing units)
Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 31030

Fort Loramie, OH (village, FIPS 27832) Location: 40.34631 N, 84.37033 W
Population (1990): 1042 (367 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 45845

Fort Littleton, PA Zip code(s): 17223

Fort Lewis, WA (CDP, FIPS 24915) Location: 47.10613 N, 122.58185 W
Population (1990): 22224 (3533 housing units)
Area: 37.1 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 98433

Fort Jennings, OH (village, FIPS 27818) Location: 40.90614 N, 84.29930 W
Population (1990): 436 (169 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 45844

Fort Johnson, NY (village, FIPS 26880) Location: 42.95730 N, 74.23927 W
Population (1990): 615 (244 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12070

Fort Jones, CA (city, FIPS 25128) Location: 41.60705 N, 122.83982 W
Population (1990): 639 (300 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 96032

Fort Kent, ME (CDP, FIPS 25720) Location: 47.26324 N, 68.57737 W
Population (1990): 2123 (876 housing units)
Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 04743

Fort Knox, KY (CDP, FIPS 28540) Location: 37.89104 N, 85.96320 W
Population (1990): 21495 (4346 housing units)
Area: 54.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 40121

Fort Laramie, WY (town, FIPS 28230) Location: 42.21238 N, 104.51660 W
Population (1990): 243 (130 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 82212

Fort Lawn, SC (town, FIPS 26845) Location: 34.70114 N, 80.89849 W
Population (1990): 718 (263 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29714

Fort Leavenworth, KS Zip code(s): 66027

Fort Lee, NJ (borough, FIPS 24420) Location: 40.85043 N, 73.97132 W
Population (1990): 31997 (16847 housing units)
Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 07024

Fort Lee, VA (CDP, FIPS 29152) Location: 37.23342 N, 77.33028 W
Population (1990): 6895 (1495 housing units)
Area: 14.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 23801

Fort Washington, PA (CDP, FIPS 26872) Location: 40.13845 N, 75.19180 W
Population (1990): 3699 (1116 housing units)
Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 19034

Fort Washington, MD (CDP, FIPS 29525) Location: 38.73530 N, 77.00321 W
Population (1990): 24032 (7874 housing units)
Area: 35.2 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 20744

Fort Totten, NY Zip code(s): 11359

Fort Necessity, LA Zip code(s): 71243

Fort Stockton, TX (city, FIPS 26808) Location: 30.89124 N, 102.88571 W
Population (1990): 8524 (3190 housing units)
Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 79735

Fort Ripley, MN (city, FIPS 21932) Location: 46.16639 N, 94.36166 W
Population (1990): 92 (35 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56449

Fort Ritchie, MD (CDP, FIPS 29450) Location: 39.70051 N, 77.50378 W
Population (1990): 1249 (345 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 21719

Fort Rock, OR Zip code(s): 97735

Fort Rucker, AL (CDP, FIPS 27640) Location: 31.34340 N, 85.71514 W
Population (1990): 7593 (1553 housing units)
Area: 28.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36362

Fort Towson, OK (town, FIPS 27400) Location: 34.02649 N, 95.29537 W
Population (1990): 568 (305 housing units)
Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 74735

Fort Seybert, WV Zip code(s): 26806

Fort Shaw, MT Zip code(s): 59443

Fort Sheridan, IL Zip code(s): 60037

Fort Sill, OK (CDP, FIPS 27300) Location: 34.65856 N, 98.40660 W
Population (1990): 12107 (1372 housing units)
Area: 28.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73503

Fort Snelling, MN Zip code(s): 55111

Fort Spring, WV Zip code(s): 24936

Fort Riley, KS Zip code(s): 66442

Fort Sumner, NM (village, FIPS 27340) Location: 34.47806 N, 104.23717 W
Population (1990): 1269 (692 housing units)
Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 88119

Fort Oglethorpe, GA (city, FIPS 30956) Location: 34.92277 N, 85.25339 W
Population (1990): 5880 (2402 housing units)
Area: 30.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30742

Fort Ord, CA Zip code(s): 93941

Fort Peck, MT (town, FIPS 28450) Location: 48.00658 N, 106.45475 W
Population (1990): 325 (236 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 59223

Fort Thompson, SD (CDP, FIPS 22340) Location: 44.04977 N, 99.41198 W
Population (1990): 1088 (275 housing units)
Area: 26.7 sq km (land), 5.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57339

Fort Pierre, SD (city, FIPS 22260) Location: 44.36274 N, 100.37935 W
Population (1990): 1854 (738 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57532

Fort Pillow, TN Zip code(s): 38041

Fort Plain, NY (village, FIPS 26924) Location: 42.93168 N, 74.62830 W
Population (1990): 2416 (1127 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13339

Fort Thomas, KY (city, FIPS 28594) Location: 39.08240 N, 84.45032 W
Population (1990): 16032 (6544 housing units)
Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 41075

Fort Supply, OK (town, FIPS 27350) Location: 36.57224 N, 99.57346 W
Population (1990): 369 (191 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73841

Fort Polk, LA Zip code(s): 71459

Fort Recovery, OH (village, FIPS 27902) Location: 40.41090 N, 84.77510 W
Population (1990): 1313 (497 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 45846

Fort Richardson, AK Zip code(s): 99505

Fort Stewart, GA (CDP, FIPS 31068) Location: 31.87247 N, 81.61007 W
Population (1990): 13774 (2137 housing units)
Area: 17.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 31314

Fort Irwin, CA Zip code(s): 92310

Fort Ashby, WV (CDP, FIPS 28444) Location: 39.49818 N, 78.76539 W
Population (1990): 1288 (536 housing units)
Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 26719

Fort Payne, AL (city, FIPS 27616) Location: 34.45379 N, 85.69444 W
Population (1990): 11838 (5236 housing units)
Area: 139.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35967

Fort Campbell, KY Zip code(s): 42223

Fort Campbell, TN Zip code(s): 42223

Fort Chaffee, AR Zip code(s): 72905

Fort Clark, ND Zip code(s): 58530

Fort Cobb, OK (town, FIPS 27100) Location: 35.10001 N, 98.44142 W
Population (1990): 663 (316 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73038

Fort Covington, NY Zip code(s): 12937

Fort Davis, AL Zip code(s): 36031

Fort Davis, TX Zip code(s): 79734

Fort Defiance, VA Zip code(s): 24437

Fort Deposit, AL (town, FIPS 27520) Location: 31.98585 N, 86.57624 W
Population (1990): 1240 (474 housing units)
Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36032

Fort Detrick, MD Zip code(s): 21702

Fort Calhoun, NE (city, FIPS 17145) Location: 41.45509 N, 96.02563 W
Population (1990): 648 (250 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68023

Fort Bridger, WY Zip code(s): 82933

Fort Atkinson, IA (city, FIPS 28425) Location: 43.14406 N, 91.93468 W
Population (1990): 367 (166 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 52144

Fort Atkinson, WI (city, FIPS 26675) Location: 42.92668 N, 88.84153 W
Population (1990): 10227 (4074 housing units)
Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53538

Fort Belvoir, VA (CDP, FIPS 29008) Location: 38.70971 N, 77.14699 W
Population (1990): 8590 (2106 housing units)
Area: 20.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 22060

Fort Ann, NY (village, FIPS 26704) Location: 43.41495 N, 73.49062 W
Population (1990): 419 (166 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12827

Fort Yukon, AK (city, FIPS 26760) Location: 66.56495 N, 145.26183 W
Population (1990): 580 (272 housing units)
Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99740

Fort Yates, ND (city, FIPS 27860) Location: 46.08702 N, 100.62976 W
Population (1990): 183 (78 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58538

Fort Benton, MT (city, FIPS 28000) Location: 47.82864 N, 110.65514 W
Population (1990): 1660 (745 housing units)
Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 59442

Fort Bidwell, CA Zip code(s): 96112

Fort Blackmore, VA Zip code(s): 24250

Fort Bragg, CA (city, FIPS 25058) Location: 39.44228 N, 123.80291 W
Population (1990): 6078 (2629 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 95437

Fort Bragg, NC (CDP, FIPS 24260) Location: 35.13853 N, 79.00102 W
Population (1990): 34744 (4896 housing units)
Area: 49.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28307

Fort Branch, IN (town, FIPS 24250) Location: 38.24678 N, 87.57483 W
Population (1990): 2447 (1026 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 47648

Fort Carson, CO (CDP, FIPS 27370) Location: 38.74197 N, 104.78222 W
Population (1990): 11309 (1841 housing units)
Area: 24.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80913

Fort Dodge, IA (city, FIPS 28515) Location: 42.50794 N, 94.17676 W
Population (1990): 25894 (11212 housing units)
Area: 37.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50501

Fort Hancock, NJ Zip code(s): 07732

Fort Duchesne, UT (CDP, FIPS 26610) Location: 40.27823 N, 109.87099 W
Population (1990): 655 (194 housing units)
Area: 15.6 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 84026

Fort Hall, ID (CDP, FIPS 28360) Location: 43.00654 N, 112.44730 W
Population (1990): 2681 (883 housing units)
Area: 106.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83203

Fort Fairfield, ME (CDP, FIPS 25650) Location: 46.76804 N, 67.83647 W
Population (1990): 1729 (788 housing units)
Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 04742

Fort Gaines, GA (city, FIPS 30816) Location: 31.62638 N, 85.05481 W
Population (1990): 1248 (542 housing units)
Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 7.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 31751

Fort Garland, CO Zip code(s): 81133

Fort Gordon, GA (CDP, FIPS 30844) Location: 33.41711 N, 82.14095 W
Population (1990): 9140 (879 housing units)
Area: 31.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30905

Fort Gay, WV (town, FIPS 28516) Location: 38.11848 N, 82.59454 W
Population (1990): 852 (391 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 25514

Fort White, FL (town, FIPS 24500) Location: 29.92150 N, 82.71451 W
Population (1990): 268 (107 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 32038

Fort Hancock, TX Zip code(s): 79839

Fort Gibson, OK (town, FIPS 27200) Location: 35.78572 N, 95.24885 W
Population (1990): 3359 (1289 housing units)
Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 74434

Fort Edward, NY (village, FIPS 26770) Location: 43.26895 N, 73.58296 W
Population (1990): 3561 (1381 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12828

Fort Huachuca, AZ Zip code(s): 85613

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Fort

Com"fort\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comforted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comforting.] [F. conforter, fr. L. confortare to strengthen much; con- + fortis strong. See Fort.]

1. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. --Hooker.

2. To assist or help; to aid. [Obs.]

I . . . can not help the noble chevalier: God comfort him in this necessity! --Shak.

3. To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer.

Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men. --Bacon.

That we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction. --2 Cor. i. 4 (Rev. Ver.).

A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command. --Wordsworth.

Syn: To cheer; solace; console; revive; encourage; enliven; invigorate; inspirit; gladden; recreate; exhilarate; refresh; animate; confirm; strengthen.

Usage: To Comfort, Console, Solace. These verbs all suppose some antecedent state of suffering or sorrow. Console is confined to the act giving sympathetic relief to the mind under affliction or sorrow, and points to some definite source of that relief; as, the presence of his friend consoled him; he was much consoled by this intelligence. The act of consoling commonly implies the inculcation of resignation. Comfort points to relief afforded by the communication of positive pleasure, hope, and strength, as well as by the diminution of pain; as, "They brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted." --Acts xx. 12. Solace is from L. solacium, which means according to Dumesnil, consolation inwardly felt or applied to the case of the sufferer. Hence, the verb to solace denotes the using of things for the purpose of affording relief under sorrow or suffering; as, to solace one's self with reflections, with books, or with active employments.

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