fortifiedadj.
/ˈfɔːtɪfʌɪd/ 1.
a. Strengthened; provided with means of defence; protected with fortifications.
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society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > defended
well-defended1523
defenced1531
fortified1538
defended?1572
pavised1584
defenceful1748
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [adjective]
stithc1000
strongOE
fastenedOE
warneda1300
strengtheda1382
unpregnable1387
embattledc1400
enbanedc1400
warrayable14..
impregnable1430
inexpugnable1490
strengthy1513
bulwarkeda1533
unexpugnable1533
fortified1538
well-fortified1538
unwinnablec1540
forced1548
forted1566
unbatterable1576
fencible?1579
unforcible1611
impregnate1632
untakable1652
of (good) force1697
casemated1740
well-girt1756
embattled1765
strongish1821
unbreachable1866
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [adjective] > protected or defended
munite?1440
well-fenced?1510
fortified1538
defended?1572
protected1599
fortressed1895
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Firmus, stable, constant, well fortified.
1611 Bible (King James) Micah vii. 12 He shal come..from the fortified cities. View more context for this quotation
a1657 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 234 Your days fare, a fortified toast.
1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xviii. 128 A Well Fortified Gun, hath her Metal at the Vent or Touch-hole as thick as her Diameter at the Bore.
1757 York Courant 18 Oct. A well-fortified vessel for the coasting trade..has been long wanted.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 199 The Orsini and Vitelli in Italy, who used to sally from their fortified dens to rob the trader and traveller. View more context for this quotation
1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 413 Three fortified and portcullised gateways.
b. Denoting animals that have been immunized against diseases.
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1904 Daily Chron. 4 July 7/6 Serum taken from ‘fortified’ beasts.
2.
a. Of food: supplied with added nutrients.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > adding vitamins or nutrients > [adjective]
fortified1910
vitaminizing1930
vitaminized1940
1910 C. Watson Food & Feeding iv. 36 Milk fortified with starch.
1910 C. Watson Food & Feeding viii. 139 A ‘fortified cocoa’ can be prepared as follows:—..cocoa..milk..sugar..water..cream.
1940 Nature 27 July 117/1 The white loaf would be fortified with a supplement of vitamin B1 (aneurin) and a calcium salt.
1970 Guardian 7 Aug. 3/8 Modern bakeries..have pushed out fortified bread to tickle the palate.
b. Of wines: strengthened with alcohol. Cf. fortify v. 4.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > fortified
fortified1906
1906 Harmsworth Encycl. VIII. 6320/2 Madeira is a sherry type of fortified wine.
1954 R. W. Schery Plants for Man xx. 525/2 Fortified wines are ‘cocktail’ or ‘dessert’ wines such as port, sherry, and vermouth, in which the alcoholic content is supplemented by the addition of brandy..to a strength unobtainable by simple fermentation.
1968 Daily Tel. 13 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 41/1 So often in statistics no distinction is made between table wine, fortified wine, and aperitif wine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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