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2 definitions found 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]: fortified adj : secured with bastions or fortifications [syn: {bastioned}]
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