unfortifyv.
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unfortify1574
1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 433 I commaund you..to discampe your campe, and to vnfortifie Tordisillas.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xv. 359 A peaceable time will require we shall vnfortifie them [sc. our houses].
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