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FORTIFIED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Secured with bastions or fortifications
Synonyms:
bastioned; fortified
Classified under:
Similar:
protected (kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having something added to increase the strength
Example:
fortified wine
Classified under:
Similar:
strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb fortify
Context examples:
Such were the views of these experienced officers, fortified by many reminiscences and examples of French gallantry, such as the way in which the crew of the L’Orient had fought her quarter-deck guns when the main-deck was in a blaze beneath them, and when they must have known that they were standing over an exploding magazine.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I would entertain myself in forming and directing the minds of hopeful young men, by convincing them, from my own remembrance, experience, and observation, fortified by numerous examples, of the usefulness of virtue in public and private life.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Another way is through dietary supplements or eating more foods that are high in vitamin D, such as fatty fish, mushrooms, or foods fortified with vitamin D, such as bread, orange juice, or milk.
(Vitamin D may protect against pollution-associated asthma symptoms in obese children, National Institutes of Health)
An micronutrient-fortified fermented dairy product with potential positive immunomodulatory activity.
(Micronutrient-Fortified Probiotic Yogurt, NCI Thesaurus)
A call at Meg's, and a refreshing sniff and sip at the Daisy and Demijohn, still further fortified her for the tete-a-tete, but when she saw a stalwart figure looming in the distance, she had a strong desire to turn about and run away.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A term used to describe the Recommended Dietary Allowance of folate; the term accounts for the easier absorption of folate in supplements and fortified foods as compared with the absorption of folic acid found naturally in foods.
(Dietary Folate Equivalent, NCI Thesaurus)
