Fortify1. (v. t.) To add strength to; to furnish with power to resist attack.
2. (v. t.) 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.
3. (v. i.) To raise defensive works.
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