'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
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]
Synonyms of 'fortify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- add to,
- adulterate,
- affirm,
- animate,
- arm,
- armor,
- armor-plate,
- arouse,
- attest,
- augment,
- authenticate,
- back,
- back up,
- bank,
- barricade,
- bastardize,
- battle,
- bear out,
- beef up,
- blockade,
- bolster,
- boost,
- brace,
- brace up,
- brisk,
- brisken,
- buck up,
- bulwark,
- buoy,
- buttress,
- case harden,
- castellate,
- certify,
- cheer,
- chirk up,
- circumstantiate,
- confirm,
- contaminate,
- corroborate,
- corrupt,
- crenellate,
- cut,
- debase,
- denaturalize,
- denature,
- dig in,
- dilute,
- doctor,
- doctor up,
- document,
- embattle,
- embolden,
- encourage,
- energize,
- enhance,
- enliven,
- enrich,
- entrench,
- exhilarate,
- fence,
- fresh up,
- freshen,
- freshen up,
- garrison,
- gird,
- harden,
- hearten,
- increase,
- invigorate,
- lace,
- man,
- man the garrison,
- mine,
- nerve,
- palisade,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- pollute,
- prepare,
- probate,
- prop,
- prove,
- quicken,
- rally,
- ratify,
- ready,
- reanimate,
- reassure,
- recreate,
- recruit,
- refresh,
- refreshen,
- regale,
- reinforce,
- reinvigorate,
- renew,
- restore,
- restrengthen,
- revive,
- revivify,
- rouse,
- secure,
- set up,
- shore up,
- spike,
- steel,
- stiffen,
- stimulate,
- stir,
- strengthen,
- substantiate,
- supplement,
- support,
- sustain,
- tamper with,
- temper,
- toughen,
- undergird,
- uphold,
- validate,
- verify,
- vivify,
- wall,
- warrant,
- water,
- water down