fortify

fortify is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.
2. transitive verb. 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. intransitive verb. To raise defensive works.
4. verb. make strong or stronger

   "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"

   "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

   Synonyms: strengthen

5. verb. add alcohol to (beverages)

   "the punch is spiked!"

   Synonyms: lace, spike

6. verb. add nutrients to

   "fortified milk"

7. verb. prepare oneself for a military confrontation

   "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"

   "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

   Synonyms: arm, gird

8. verb. enclose by or as if by a fortification

   Synonyms: fort

Synonyms

strengthen, lace, spike, arm, gird, fort

Common word forms

fortified, fortifier, fortifies, fortifying

Words from these letters

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