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Fortify \For"ti*fy\, v. i.
To raise defensive works. --Milton.
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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.
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Timidity was fortified by pride. --Gibbon.
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Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to
fortify his resolution. --Sir W.
Scott.
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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.
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