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fortify
English
Etymology
From Old French fortifier, from Latin fortific?.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??t?fa?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??t?fa?/
- Hyphenation: for?ti?fy
Verb
fortify (third-person singular simple present fortifies, present participle fortifying, simple past and past participle fortified)
- (military) To increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces. [from early 15th c.]
- (figuratively) To impart strength or vigor to.
- (wine) To add spirits to wine to increase the alcohol content. [from 1880]
- (food) To increase the nutritional value of food by adding ingredients. [from 1939]
- 1979, Kiplinger's Personal Finance (volume 33, number 7, July 1979, page 47)
- Compare the nutrition information label of a regular ready-to-eat fortified cereal with that of a presweetened brand and you'll note that, although the sweetened one's sugar content is higher, the fortification is virtually identical.
- 1979, Kiplinger's Personal Finance (volume 33, number 7, July 1979, page 47)
Synonyms
- (To strengthen military defenses): castellate, incastle, incastellate; see also strengthen and secure
- (To impart strength): See also Thesaurus:strengthen
Derived terms
- biofortify
Related terms
- fort
- fortification
- fortress
Translations
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enharden
English
Etymology
en- +? harden, with en- as an intensifying prefix.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?h??d??n/
Verb
enharden (third-person singular simple present enhardens, present participle enhardening, simple past and past participle enhardened)
- (transitive) To harden; to render hard.
- (transitive) To fortify against adversity.
References
Anagrams
- Hardenne, Hearnden
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