0 present participle of fortify --
1 to make something stronger, especially in order to protect it: --
It is making crops resistant to disease by fortifying their immunity, and it is being utilised to alleviate environmental stress.
We should sometimes mention such processes, which are part of the business of fortifying our position in the world.
No decision has yet been reached on the question of similarly fortifying all white flour.
At this moment they are busily engaged in fortifying their positions in the line.
He is fortifying the position still further by a number of increases in indirect taxation.
The hardship which will result, let alone the inflation which will follow, will far outweigh the advantages of fortifying the revenue by £4 million.
It is fortifying to see ever new evidence that this character and determination are undiminished, accepting scarifice as part of self-respect and national respect.
It is by fortifying their confidence in us that we can play our essential part in that area, as elsewhere.
