Definition of Fortify. Meaning of Fortify. Synonyms of Fortify

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Definition of Fortify

Fortify
Fortify For"ti*fy, v. i. To raise defensive works. --Milton.
Fortify
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. 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.

Meaning of Fortify from wikipedia

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- Fortify Software, later known as Fortify Inc., is a California-based software security vendor, founded in 2003 and acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2010...
- A fortified gateway is an element of a variety of fortified structures, such as a castle or walled town. Fortified gates or gateways appear in the Bronze...
- A fortified church is a church that is built to serve a defensive role in times of war. Such churches were specially designed to incorporate military...
- A fortified house or fortified mansion is a type of building which developed in Europe during the Middle Ages, generally with significant fortifications...
- Fortified wine is a wine to which a distilled spirit, usually brandy, has been added. In the course of some centuries, winemakers have developed many...
- by the United States Navy: The construction of Fortify (AM-237) was canceled on 6 June 1944 USS Fortify (AM-446), was a minesweeper launched 14 February...
- A fortified tower (also defensive tower or castle tower or, in context, just tower) is one of the defensive structures used in fortifications, such as...
- formerly house the landed gentry. Manor houses were sometimes fortified, albeit not as fortified as castles, but this was often more for show than for defence...
- Flavored fortified wine or tonic wine is inexpensive fortified wine that typically has an alcohol content between 13% and 20% alcohol by volume (ABV)...