bastioned, fortified
(adjective) secured with bastions or fortifications
fortified
(adjective) having something added to increase the strength; “fortified wine”
strengthen, beef up, fortify
(verb) make strong or stronger; “This exercise will strengthen your upper body”; “strengthen the relations between the two countries”
spike, lace, fortify
(verb) add alcohol to (beverages); “the punch is spiked!”
fortify
(verb) add nutrients to; “fortified milk”
arm, build up, fortify, gird
(verb) 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”
fortify, fort
(verb) enclose by or as if by a fortification
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fortified
simple past tense and past participle of fortify
• castellate, castellated, incastled, encastled, incastellated, encastellated
fortified (plural fortifieds)
A fortified wine.
Source: Wiktionary
For"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fortified; p. pr. & vb. n. Fortifying.] Etym: [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.
For"ti*fy, v. i.
Definition: To raise defensive works. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
