FORTIFYING

Etymology

Verb

fortifying

present participle of fortify

Noun

fortifying (plural fortifyings)

The process by which something is fortifyed.

Source: Wiktionary

FORTIFY

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