fortify

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.

   “[I]t [“oleum de costo”] fortifyeth yͤ ſtomack and Lyuer, it keepeth the hayre from fallyng of, & the head from horeneſſe [hoaryness], it cauſeth good colour, and ſauour in all the body.”

2. fiil To support (one's or someone's opinion, statement, etc.) by producing evidence, etc.; to confirm, to corroborate.

   “And vnto that texte he wold haue made you a gloſe, that his father and he were one not in ſubſtaunce but in will. And that gloſe he would haue fortified and made ſomewhat ſemely with an other worde of Chriſt, […]”

3. fiil To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins.

   “Soy milk is often fortified with calcium.”

4. fiil To impart fortitude or moral strength to (someone or their determination, or something); to encourage.

   “[H]er ovvne proofe taught her to knovv her mothers minde; vvhich […] greatly fortified her deſires, to ſee, that her mother had the like deſires. And the more iealous her mother was, the more ſhe thought the Ievvell precious, vvhich vvas vvith ſo many lookes garded.”

5. fiil To make (something) defensible against attack by hostile forces.
6. fiil To make (something) structurally strong; to strengthen.

   “If little things vvith great vve may compare, / Such are the Bees, and ſuch their native Care; / […] / To fortify the Combs, to build the VVall, / To prop the Ruins leſt the Fabrick fall: […]”

7. fiil To increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.), or put (it or them) in a defensive position.

   “Ile haue you learne to ſleepe vpon the ground, / March in your armor thorow watery fens, / […] / Then next, the way to fortifie your men, / In champion grounds, […]”

8. fiil To secure and strengthen (a place, its walls, etc.) by installing fortifications or other military works.

   “But Baſilius (having bene the last day ſomevvhat vnprouided) novv had better fortified the ouerthrovvne ſconſe; and so vvell had prepared every thing for defence, that it vvas impoſſible for any valour from vvithin, to prevaile.”

9. fiil To provide (a city, a fortress, an army, etc.) with equipment or soldiers.

   “At the ſame time, I fortified my ſelf vvith the French Captain, and the Supra Cargo, and the other Captain; […]”

10. fiil To add spirits to (wine) to increase the alcohol content.

    “Sherry is made by fortifying wine.”

11. fiil To install fortifications or other military works; also (sometimes figurative), to put up a defensive position.

    “[…] I vvill vvithdravv my ſelfe to the Riuer, & there fortifie for fiſh: for there reſteth no minute free from fight.”

12. fiil To become strong; to strengthen.

    “From Peare-trees grafted upon the free-ſtock you ſhould cut off the dovvn-right root, that ſo the other roots may fortifie and extend themſelves all about to ſeeke the beſt mould.”

13. fiil To undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.