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Verb: fortify  'fortu`fI
  1. Make strong or stronger
    - strengthen, beef up
     
  2. Enclose by or as if by a fortification
    - fort
     
  3. Prepare oneself for a military confrontation
    - arm, build up, gird
     
  4. Add nutrients to
    "fortified milk"
     
  5. Add alcohol to (beverages)
    - spike, lace

Derived forms: fortified, fortifies, fortifying

See also: fort, fortification

Type of: add, alter, change, close in, enclose, inclose, modify, shut in

Encyclopedia: Fortify