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for⋅ti⋅fy

[fawr-tuh-fahy]

verb, -fied, -fy⋅ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.

2.	to furnish with a means of resisting force or standing strain or wear: to fortify cotton with nylon.

3.	to make strong; impart strength or vigor to: to fortify oneself with a good breakfast.

4.	to increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients: to fortify a diet with vitamins; to fortify a lotion with lanolin.

5.	to strengthen mentally or morally: to be fortified by religious faith.

6.	to confirm or corroborate: to fortify an accusation with facts.

7.	Nutrition. to add one or more ingredients to (a food) to increase its nutritional content.

8.	to add alcohol to (wine or the like).

–verb (used without object)

9.	to set up defensive works; erect fortifications.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME fortifien < MF fortifier < LL fortificāre, equiv. to L forti(s) strong + -ficāre -fy

Related forms:

for⋅ti⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective

for⋅ti⋅fi⋅er, noun

for⋅ti⋅fy⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. strengthen, reinforce. 5. hearten, embolden.

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for·ti·fy (fôr'tə-fī')

v. for·ti·fied, for·ti·fy·ing, for·ti·fies

v. tr.
To make strong, as:

a. To strengthen and secure (a position) with fortifications.
v. intr.
To build fortifications.

[Middle English fortifien, from Old French fortifier, from Late Latin fortificāre, from Latin fortis, strong; see bhergh-² in Indo-European roots.]
for'ti·fi'a·ble adj., for'ti·fi'er n., for'ti·fy'ing·ly adv.

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Fortify

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.

Fortify

For"ti*fy\, v. i. To raise defensive works. --Milton.

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Language Translation for : fortify

Spanish: fortificar, fortalecer,

German: befestigen,

Japanese: 要塞化する

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fortify

1436, "provide (a town) with walls and defenses," from M.Fr. fortifier, from L.L. fortificare, from L. fortis "strong" (see fort) + facere "to make" (see factitious). Sense of "to strengthen mentally or morally" is from 1477. Meaning "add liquor or alcohol" is from 1880.

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