fortified : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fortified	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fortified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fortified adj secured with bastions or fortifications [syn: bastioned, fortified] having something added to increase the strength; "fortified wine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fortify \For"tify\, 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.