'Fortify' definitions:

Definition of 'fortify'

From: WordNet
verb
Make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" [syn: strengthen, beef up, fortify] [ant: weaken]
verb
Enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: fortify, fort]
verb
Prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" [syn: arm, build up, fortify, gird] [ant: demilitarise, demilitarize, disarm]
verb
Add nutrients to; "fortified milk"
verb
Add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" [syn: spike, lace, fortify]

Definition of 'Fortify'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Timidity was fortified by pride. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster]
  • Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to fortify his resolution. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fortify'

From: GCIDE
  • Fortify \For"ti*fy\, v. i. To raise defensive works. --Milton. [1913 Webster]