Definition of Fortify

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Fortify

To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

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.

To raise defensive works.

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Fortify Quotations

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.
Ramakrishna

Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
Walter Lippmann

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.
Sydney Smith

Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.
Bennie Thompson

Fortify Translations

fortify in Dutch is sterken
fortify in French is redoubler
fortify in German is befestigen, befestigen
fortify in Italian is amplificare, consolidare
fortify in Norwegian is befeste, forsterke
fortify in Spanish is fortificar, afirmar

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