Fortify
verb
To make stronger, especially in order to protect.
The city is fortified by high walls.
Often appears as...
- fortify defenses
- fortify against attack
verb
To strengthen someone or something mentally or physically.
A good breakfast can fortify you for the day ahead.
Often appears as...
- fortify your resolve
- fortify your spirit
verb
Add nutrients to food or drink to make it healthier.
Many brands of bread are fortified with iron and vitamins.
Often appears as...
- fortify with vitamins
- fortify with minerals
verb
To make stronger, especially in order to protect.
The city is fortified by high walls.
Often appears as...
- fortify defenses
- fortify against attack
verb
To strengthen someone or something mentally or physically.
A good breakfast can fortify you for the day ahead.
Often appears as...
- fortify your resolve
- fortify your spirit
verb
Add nutrients to food or drink to make it healthier.
Many brands of bread are fortified with iron and vitamins.
Often appears as...
- fortify with vitamins
- fortify with minerals
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Protection
Focuses on enhancing safety by reinforcing structures or objects against physical threats.
The troops worked overnight to fortify the fortress.
Pro Tip 2/2Preventative Action
Used when taking measures to guard against future attacks or problems.
They sought to fortify the network against cyber attacks.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Protection
Focuses on enhancing safety by reinforcing structures or objects against physical threats.
The troops worked overnight to fortify the fortress.
Pro Tip 2/2Preventative Action
Used when taking measures to guard against future attacks or problems.
They sought to fortify the network against cyber attacks.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Protection
Focuses on enhancing safety by reinforcing structures or objects against physical threats.
The troops worked overnight to fortify the fortress.
Pro Tip 2/2Preventative Action
Used when taking measures to guard against future attacks or problems.
They sought to fortify the network against cyber attacks.
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Cynthia Kenyon:...
And they all come and they fortify the house. And then the hurricane comes through, and the house is in much better condition than it would normally have been in. And not only that, it can also just last longer, even if there isn't a hurricane. So that's the concept here for how we think this life extension ability exists.
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Why should you read...
These highly evolved beings want to trade DNA by breeding with humans so that each species’ genes can diversify and fortify the other. The only alternative they offer is sterilization of the entire human race. Should humanity take the leap into the biological unknown, or hold on to its identity and perish?
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Coneheads, egg stacks...
And eventually, they build a distinctive central nest. Using partially digested plant material, soil, and poop, they construct a massive egg-shaped structure, complete with numerous passages, chambers, and ventilation holes. Deep within, they establish a royal cell that's fortified with extra thick walls.
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Why healthy bones are...
Fortified cereals and orange juice are also good too, and chia seeds. And vitamin D is plentiful in fatty fishes, and our skin makes it from the sun. However, some people may need supplements. Another important factor for bone health is exercise.
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Stephen Burt: Why people...
But the person in the poem is afraid. He might have been up all night. That is the reveal Stevens saves for that fourth stanza, where run away has become a refrain. This person might want to run away too, but fortified by the sun's example,
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Can VR help create...
becomes more acidic when the water becomes more acidic the coral and other life-forms have struggled to find food struggle to fortify their cells and they died in the past two centuries our oceans have increased in acidity a
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Finding Baby Seals on an...
Fortified again and again until the end of World War Two, its walls once bristled with guns, But they fell silent decades ago, Up we go! So eerie, very eerie and creepy. There's so many bones littered around as well.
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Why winning doesn't...
motivation takes a really long time to take root. But when it does, it is character-building and life-altering. I realized that I needed to fortify our student-athletes
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Protecting the Okavango...
Year-round in the Delta, termites create nest mounds that form thousands of islands. Plant life takes root, recycling nutrients from the water and fortifying the soil.
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Mummified Child...
forever the scientists believed that the maiden was being fortified for her destiny on top of the volcano
Video examples
Cynthia Kenyon:...
And they all come and they fortify the house. And then the hurricane comes through, and the house is in much better condition than it would normally have been in. And not only that, it can also just last longer, even if there isn't a hurricane. So that's the concept here for how we think this life extension ability exists.
Video examples
Why should you read...
These highly evolved beings want to trade DNA by breeding with humans so that each species’ genes can diversify and fortify the other. The only alternative they offer is sterilization of the entire human race. Should humanity take the leap into the biological unknown, or hold on to its identity and perish?
Video examples
Coneheads, egg stacks...
And eventually, they build a distinctive central nest. Using partially digested plant material, soil, and poop, they construct a massive egg-shaped structure, complete with numerous passages, chambers, and ventilation holes. Deep within, they establish a royal cell that's fortified with extra thick walls.
Video examples
Why healthy bones are...
Fortified cereals and orange juice are also good too, and chia seeds. And vitamin D is plentiful in fatty fishes, and our skin makes it from the sun. However, some people may need supplements. Another important factor for bone health is exercise.
Video examples
Stephen Burt: Why people...
But the person in the poem is afraid. He might have been up all night. That is the reveal Stevens saves for that fourth stanza, where run away has become a refrain. This person might want to run away too, but fortified by the sun's example,
Video examples
Can VR help create...
becomes more acidic when the water becomes more acidic the coral and other life-forms have struggled to find food struggle to fortify their cells and they died in the past two centuries our oceans have increased in acidity a
Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
Fortified again and again until the end of World War Two, its walls once bristled with guns, But they fell silent decades ago, Up we go! So eerie, very eerie and creepy. There's so many bones littered around as well.
Video examples
Why winning doesn't...
motivation takes a really long time to take root. But when it does, it is character-building and life-altering. I realized that I needed to fortify our student-athletes
Video examples
Protecting the Okavango...
Year-round in the Delta, termites create nest mounds that form thousands of islands. Plant life takes root, recycling nutrients from the water and fortifying the soil.
Video examples
Mummified Child...
forever the scientists believed that the maiden was being fortified for her destiny on top of the volcano
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Guy Fieri
American Businessman
Why can't we have a concert with food? Your typical cooking demonstration, there's just no enthusiasm. There's no energy behind it. I said, 'What if we take a cooking demonstration and fortify it with a lot of good music? ... Drive it to the next level?
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Harley Pasternak
Canadian Author
There is a world of difference between foods fortified with synthetic vitamins and minerals, and eating vegetables, fruit, and other whole foods full of vitamins and minerals in their natural form.
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Fred Savage
American Actor
Ultimately, a director is a storyteller. I wanted to fortify that part of my life as a director, so I thought the best way to do that is to study and learn about the greatest stories ever written.
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Hermann Hesse
German Novelist
Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
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Maya Soetoro-Ng
American Educator
Government should exist in order to help fortify the country and make those who are in need better able to meet their own.
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge
English Actress
I had such a supportive family, and I think that affects your life in such a profound way; it fortifies you completely.
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Sydney Smith
English Clergyman
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
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Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness.
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Cornelius Nepos
Roman Author
No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.
Quote examples
Guy Fieri
American Businessman
Why can't we have a concert with food? Your typical cooking demonstration, there's just no enthusiasm. There's no energy behind it. I said, 'What if we take a cooking demonstration and fortify it with a lot of good music? ... Drive it to the next level?
Quote examples
Harley Pasternak
Canadian Author
There is a world of difference between foods fortified with synthetic vitamins and minerals, and eating vegetables, fruit, and other whole foods full of vitamins and minerals in their natural form.
Quote examples
Fred Savage
American Actor
Ultimately, a director is a storyteller. I wanted to fortify that part of my life as a director, so I thought the best way to do that is to study and learn about the greatest stories ever written.
Quote examples
Hermann Hesse
German Novelist
Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
Quote examples
Maya Soetoro-Ng
American Educator
Government should exist in order to help fortify the country and make those who are in need better able to meet their own.
Quote examples
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
English Actress
I had such a supportive family, and I think that affects your life in such a profound way; it fortifies you completely.
Quote examples
Sydney Smith
English Clergyman
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
Quote examples
Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
Quote examples
Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness.
Quote examples
Cornelius Nepos
Roman Author
No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.
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