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设要塞於,加强,使坚强,增加筑防御工事

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fortify \For"ti*fy\, v. i.
   To raise defensive works. --Milton.

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.

            Timidity was fortified by pride.      --Gibbon.

            Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to
            fortify his resolution.               --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

fortify
     v 1: make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your
          upper body"; "strenghten the relations between the two
          countries" [syn: {strengthen}, {beef up}] [ant: {weaken}]
     2: enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: {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 Iraqui border" [syn: {arm}, {build up},
         {gird}] [ant: {disarm}]
     4: add nutrients to; "fortified milk"
     5: add alcohol beverages [syn: {spike}, {lace}]
     [also: {fortified}]