Толковый словарь английского языка - fortify
Fortify
fortify
verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: Middle English fortifien, from Anglo-French fortifier, from Late Latin fortificare, from Latin fortis strong Date: 15th century transitive verb to make strong: as, to strengthen and secure (as a town) by forts or batteries, to give physical strength, courage, or endurance to , to add mental or moral strength to ; encourage , to add material to for strengthening or enriching , intransitive verb to erect fortifications, fortifier noun
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v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 provide or equip with defensive works so as to strengthen against attack. 2 strengthen or invigorate mentally or morally; encourage. 3 strengthen the structure of. 4 strengthen (wine) with alcohol. 5 increase the nutritive value of (food, esp. with vitamins). Derivatives fortifiable adj. fortifier n. Etymology: ME f. OF fortifier f. LL fortificare f. L fortis strong ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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