Thesaurus: fortify

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1. v. t. To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.
2. v. t. 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.
3. v. i. To raise defensive works.
4. v. make strong or stronger
5. v. enclose by or as if by a fortification
6. v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
7. v. add nutrients to
8. v. add alcohol to (beverages)
9. 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. To raise defensive works. Milton.
10. To raise defensive works. Milton.
11. v:100 v. enclose by or as if by a fortification v. add nutrients to