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Verb fortify has 5 senses
- strengthen, beef up, fortify - make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strenghten the relations between the two countries"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
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- fortify, fort - enclose by or as if by a fortification
--2 is one way to enclose, inclose, shut in
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- arm, build up, fortify, gird - prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqui border"
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- fortify - add nutrients to; "fortified milk"
--4 is one way to add
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- spike, lace, fortify - add alcohol beverages
--5 is one way to change, alter, modify
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