fortify

[For·ti*fy]

If you add nutrients to something you fortify it. Food scientists have found ways to fortify cereal, but in addition to vitamins C and D, they usually add a lot of sugar.

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To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

Verb
make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strenghten the relations between the two countries"

Verb
add alcohol beverages

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add nutrients to; "fortified milk"

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prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqui border"

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enclose by or as if by a fortification

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v. t.
To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

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.

v. i.
To raise defensive works.


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.
Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to fortify his resolution.
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.

Fortify

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

To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

To raise defensive works.

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Usage Examples

I'm not sure it's the stimulus money that will necessarily allow the economy to recover. It will help to fortify our budgets, frankly, to ensure that there isn't as much backsliding in the areas of education and healthcare, for example.

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Other Usage Examples

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.

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