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# fortified

«fortified» in Mova's school dictionary: **A fortified place has strong walls, towers or other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (fortified); verb form of fortify (fortify, fortifies, fortified, fortifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A fortified place has strong walls, towers or other defences to protect it from attack, like a castle or a walled town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#m1)

2) Fortified food has extra vitamins or minerals added to make it healthier, like cereal fortified with iron. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#m2)

3) Fortified wine has strong alcohol added, like port or sherry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#m3)

4) To be fortified is to feel stronger or braver, often after food or encouragement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#m4)

5) To fortify yourself is to shut yourself inside a strong place to keep safe from attackers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons it describes castles, forts and city walls; on food labels in science and health lessons it shows added nutrients. Phrases: «a fortified town», «fortified with vitamins», «fortified by a good breakfast».

### examples

- The fortified town had thick stone walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#x1)
- Soldiers fortified the hill with ditches and fences. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#x2)
- This cereal is fortified with iron and vitamin D. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#x3)
- Fortified milk has extra vitamins added. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#x4)
- York is an old fortified city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#x5)
- Fortified by hot soup, the explorers set off again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#x6)
- The castle was so well fortified that nobody could get in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#x7)
- Port is a fortified wine, which is only for adults. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#x8)
- Within a short time the two Generals reached the castle where Kokai had fortified himself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/#x9)

### note

Fortify changes y to i: fortifies, fortified. Fortified food is still ordinary food; the label tells you what was added. A fort is a fortified building.

### In the corpora

- [and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran; fortified cities, and folds for sheep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1184/)
- [All these were fortified cities, with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the unwalled towns a great many.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.88/)
- [And the fortified cities were Ziddim-zer, and Hammath, and Rakkath, and Chinnereth;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.525/)
- [He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.557/)
- [And upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.47/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fortified» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortified/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.