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- pronunciation:
- for
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
fortifies, fortifying, fortified |
definition 1: |
to provide with fortifications, as against military attack.
The structure was fortified with thick stone walls.The castle was fortified with heavy canon.- synonyms:
- reinforce
- similar words:
- arm, armor, bulwark, circumvallate, rampart, secure, shore, strengthen
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definition 2: |
to provide additional strength, resistance, or energy to; reinforce or invigorate.
The concrete is fortified with steel.The hearty soup fortified the patients.- synonyms:
- brace, enrich, harden, invigorate, reinforce, strengthen, substantiate
- antonyms:
- enfeeble, shake
- similar words:
- amplify, arm, augment, build up, buttress, energize, indurate, revive, steel, stiffen, supplement, sustain
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definition 3: |
to encourage or strengthen mentally or morally.
Fortified by their discovery, the researchers increased their pace.Early morning meditation fortifies me.- synonyms:
- brace, embolden, encourage, hearten, sustain
- antonyms:
- humble
- similar words:
- buoy, nerve, reinforce, strengthen, support
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definition 4: |
to lend support to; confirm.
This new evidence fortified their theory.- synonyms:
- back up, buttress, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain, validate
- similar words:
- authenticate, reinforce, verify
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related words: |
barricade, build, confirm, consolidate, defend, enrich, gird, stay, substantiate |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to build defensive structures or fortifications.
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derivations: |
fortifiable (adj.), fortifyingly (adv.), fortifier (n.) |
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