fortify 音标拼音: [f'ɔrtɪf
, ɑɪ]
vt . 设要塞于,加强,使坚强,增加
vi . 筑防御工事
设要塞於,加强,使坚强,增加筑防御工事
fortify v 1 :
make strong or stronger ; "
This exercise will strengthen your upper body "; "
strengthen the relations between the two countries " [
synonym : {
strengthen }, {
beef up }, {
fortify }] [
ant :
{
weaken }]
2 :
enclose by or as if by a fortification [
synonym : {
fortify },
{
fort }]
3 :
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 " [
synonym : {
arm }, {
build up },
{
fortify }, {
gird }] [
ant : {
demilitarise }, {
demilitarize },
{
disarm }]
4 :
add nutrients to ; "
fortified milk "
5 :
add alcohol to (
beverages ); "
the punch is spiked !" [
synonym :
{
spike }, {
lace }, {
fortify }]
Fortify \
For "
ti *
fy \,
v .
i .
To raise defensive works . --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
Fortify \
For "
ti *
fy \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Fortified };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Fortifying }.] [
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Timidity was fortified by pride . --
Gibbon .
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Pride came to the aid of fancy ,
and both combined to fortify his resolution . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fortify ":
add to ,
adulterate ,
affirm ,
animate ,
arm ,
armor ,
armor -
plate ,
arouse ,
attest ,
augment ,
authenticate ,
back ,
back up ,
bank ,
barricade ,
bastardize ,
battle ,
bear out ,
beef up ,
blockade ,
bolster ,
boost ,
brace ,
brace up ,
brisk ,
brisken ,
buck up ,
bulwark ,
buoy ,
buttress ,
case harden ,
castellate ,
certify ,
cheer ,
chirk up ,
circumstantiate ,
confirm ,
contaminate ,
corroborate ,
corrupt ,
crenellate ,
cut ,
debase ,
denaturalize ,
denature ,
dig in ,
dilute ,
doctor ,
doctor up ,
document ,
embattle ,
embolden ,
encourage ,
energize ,
enhance ,
enliven ,
enrich ,
entrench ,
exhilarate ,
fence ,
fresh up ,
freshen ,
freshen up ,
garrison ,
gird ,
harden ,
hearten ,
increase ,
invigorate ,
lace ,
man ,
man the garrison ,
mine ,
nerve ,
palisade ,
perk up ,
pick up ,
pollute ,
prepare ,
probate ,
prop ,
prove ,
quicken ,
rally ,
ratify ,
ready ,
reanimate ,
reassure ,
recreate ,
recruit ,
refresh ,
refreshen ,
regale ,
reinforce ,
reinvigorate ,
renew ,
restore ,
restrengthen ,
revive ,
revivify ,
rouse ,
secure ,
set up ,
shore up ,
spike ,
steel ,
stiffen ,
stimulate ,
stir ,
strengthen ,
substantiate ,
supplement ,
support ,
sustain ,
tamper with ,
temper ,
toughen ,
undergird ,
uphold ,
validate ,
verify ,
vivify ,
wall ,
warrant ,
water ,
water down
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