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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fortified
    adj 1: secured with bastions or fortifications [syn:
           bastioned, fortified]
    2: having something added to increase the strength; "fortified
       wine"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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            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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