| slovo | definícia |
fortify
(mass) | fortify
- opevniť, opevňovať, posilniť, posilňovať |
fortify
(encz) | fortify,opevnit v: [voj.] |
fortify
(encz) | fortify,opevňovat v: [voj.] |
fortify
(encz) | fortify,posílit v: |
fortify
(encz) | fortify,posilovat v: |
Fortify
(gcide) | Fortify \For"ti*fy\, v. i.
To raise defensive works. --Milton.
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Fortify
(gcide) | 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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fortify
(wn) | fortify
v 1: make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen
your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two
countries" [syn: strengthen, beef up, fortify] [ant:
weaken]
2: enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: 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" [syn: arm, build up,
fortify, gird] [ant: demilitarise, demilitarize,
disarm]
4: add nutrients to; "fortified milk"
5: add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" [syn:
spike, lace, fortify] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
fortifying
(encz) | fortifying, adj: |
refortify
(encz) | refortify, |
Fortify
(gcide) | Fortify \For"ti*fy\, v. i.
To raise defensive works. --Milton.
[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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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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Fortifying
(gcide) | 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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Refortify
(gcide) | Refortify \Re*for"ti*fy\ (r?*f?r"t?*f?), v. t.
To fortify anew.
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