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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fortify \For"ti*fy\, v. i.
To raise defensive works --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fortify
v 1: make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your
upper body" [syn: {strengthen}, {beef up}] [ant: {weaken}]
2: enclose by a fortification [syn: {fort}]
3: prepare for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is arming
Saudi Arabia" [syn: {arm}, {build up}, {gird}] [ant: {disarm}]
4: add nutrients to as of foods; "fortified milk"
5: add alcohol beverages [syn: {spike}, {lace}]
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