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# fortify

«fortify» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make it stronger against attack by building walls…** — 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

verb (fortify, fortifies, fortified, fortifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To fortify a place is to make it stronger against attack by building walls, towers or ditches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortify/#m1)

2) To fortify yourself is to make yourself stronger or braver, for example with food, a drink or encouragement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortify/#m2)

3) To fortify food is to add extra vitamins or minerals to it: «fortified cereal». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortify/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, castles, towns and hill forts were fortified with walls, moats and gates. In science and healthy-eating lessons, cereals and milk are fortified with vitamins and iron. In stories, a hero «fortified himself with a cup of tea». Phrases: «a fortified town», «fortified with vitamins», «fortify yourself».

### examples

- The Normans fortified the town with stone walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortify/#x1)
- The castle was fortified with a moat and drawbridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortify/#x2)
- This cereal is fortified with iron and vitamins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortify/#x3)
- She fortified herself with a big breakfast before the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortify/#x4)
- The soldiers fortified the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortify/#x5)
- Fortified foods help people get enough vitamin D. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortify/#x6)

### note

Spelling: fortify → fortifies, fortified (y → i). Nouns: fortification, fort, fortress. «Fortified wine» is wine with extra alcohol added.

### 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 «fortify» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortify/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.