fortify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fortify	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fortify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fortify v make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" Synonym(s): strengthen, beef up, fortify Antonym(s): weaken enclose by or as if by a fortification Synonym(s): fortify, fort 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" Synonym(s): arm, build up, fortify, gird Antonym(s): demilitarise, demilitarize, disarm add nutrients to; "fortified milk" add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" Synonym(s): spike, lace, fortify
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fortify \For"ti*fy\, v. i. To raise defensive works. --Milton.