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Definitions for Fortify

[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).
[9] to set up defensive works; erect fortifications.
[10] (also intr) to make (a place) defensible, as by building walls, digging trenches, etc
[11] to strengthen physically, mentally, or morally
[12] to strengthen, support, or reinforce (a garment, structure, etc)
[13] to add spirits or alcohol to (wine), in order to produce sherry, port, etc
[14] to increase the nutritious value of (a food), as by adding vitamins and minerals
[15] to support or confirm to fortify an argument with facts

Words related to Fortify

consolidate, protect, secure, buttress, strengthen, reinforce, entrench, brace, restore, energize, embolden, invigorate, steel, prepare, bulwark, support, embattle, prop, gird, ready

Words nearby Fortify

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Origin of Fortify

1400–50; late Middle English fortifien < Middle French fortifier < Late Latin fortificāre, equivalent to Latin forti(s ) strong + -ficāre -fy

Other words from Fortify

for·ti·fi·a·ble , adjective
for·ti·fi·er , noun
for·ti·fy·ing·ly , adverb
non·for·ti·fi·a·ble , adjective
non·for·ti·fy·ing , adjective
re·for·ti·fy , verb (used with object), re·for·ti·fied, re·for·ti·fy·ing.
un·der·for·ti·fy , verb (used with object), un·der·for·ti·fied, un·der·for·ti·fy·ing.
un·for·ti·fi·a·ble , adjective
un·for·ti·fied , adjective
well-for·ti·fied , adjective

Word origin for Fortify

C15: from Old French fortifier , from Late Latin fortificāre , from Latin fortis strong + facere to make

Synonyms for Fortify

brace, build up, buttress, consolidate, entrench, protect, reinforce, secure, shore up, step up, strengthen, bulwark, embattle, garrison, gird, prepare, prop, ready, steel, support, charge up, punch up, soup up