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fortitude|ˈfɔːtɪtjuːd|
[a. F. fortitude, ad. L. fortitūdo, f. fortis strong: see fort a.]
†1. Physical or structural strength. Obs.
1553Eden Treat. Newe Ind. (Arb.) 15 A beast..excellinge all other beastes in fortitude and strength. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, ii. i. 17 Dispairing of his owne armes fortitude. 1604― Oth. i. iii. 222 The Fortitude of the place is best knowne to you. 1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 50 Bonding of Brick-work..conduces very much to its Fortitude.
2. Moral strength or courage. Now only in passive sense: Unyielding courage in the endurance of pain or adversity. (One of the cardinal virtues.)
[c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋654 Agayns..Accidie..ther is a vertu that is called Fortitudo.] 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxviii. 77 Fortitude, prowdence, and temperance. 1609Bible (Douay) Zech. xiii. Comm., The Apostles fleing God recalled them, and streingthened them with fortitude. 1713Steele Englishm. No. 22. 144 Fortitude is the peculiar Excellence of Man. 1754Mrs. Delany Let. 10 Nov., The Duchess of Queensbury bears her calamity with great fortitude. 1818Hazlitt Eng. Poets ii. (1870) 27 Fortitude does not appear at any time to have been the distinguishing virtue of poets. 1848Dickens Dombey vi. (C. D. ed.) 40 She could bear the disappointments of other people with tolerable fortitude.
3. Astrol. A position or circumstance which heightens the influence of a planet; a dignity.
1547Boorde Astronamye Contents in Introd. Knowl. (1870) Forewords 23 The iii[i]. capytle doth shew of the fortitudes of the planetes. 1695Congreve Love for L. ii. i, Sure the Moon is in all her Fortitudes. |