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
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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