fortify
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "fortify"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to secure a place and make it resistant against attacks, particularly by building walls around it
Transitive: to fortify a place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ancient city walls were built to fortify the settlement against invading armies.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϏ⧇āύāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻŦāϏāϤāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone or something stronger or more powerful
Transitive: to fortify sth
to fortify definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city decided to fortify its defenses against potential natural disasters.
āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to strengthen the defenses of an army, group, or position
Transitive: to fortify military forces
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The troops were fortified with new armor to prepare for the upcoming conflict.
āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to add spirits, such as brandy, to wine to increase its alcohol content and create port or sherry
Transitive: to fortify an alcoholic drink
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They fortify the sherry by adding extra alcohol during the fermentation process.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—āĻžāρāϜāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϕ⧋āĻšāϞ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻļ⧇āϰāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to add vitamins, minerals, or other nutrients to food or beverages to increase their nutritional content
Transitive: to fortify food or drinks
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The milk is fortified with vitamin D to help support bone health.
āĻĻ⧁āϧ āĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ­āĻŋāϟāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ āĻĄāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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