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FORTIFY v. 3 definitions
ength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack. Timidity was fortified by pride. Gibbon. Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to fortify his resolution. Sir W. Scott.
FORTILAGE n.
A little fort; a blockhouse. [Obs.] Spenser.
FORTIN n.
A little fort; a fortlet. [Obs.]
FORTISSIMO adv.
Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness.
FORTITION n.
Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard. [R.] No mode of election operating in the spirit of fortition or rotation can be generally good. Burke.
FORTITUDE n. 2 definitions
Power to resist attack; strength; firmness. [Obs.] The fortitude of the place is best known to you. Shak.
FORTITUDINOUS a.
Having fortitude; courageous. [R.] Gibbon.
FORTLET n.
A little fort. [R.] Bailey.
FORTNIGHT n.
The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
FORTNIGHTLY a. 2 definitions
Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication. -- adv.
FORTREAD v.
To tread down; to trample upon. [Obs.] In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. Chaucer.
FORTRESS n. 2 definitions
A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
FORTUITOUS a. 2 definitions
g by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms. It was from causes seemingly fortuitous . . . that all the mighty effects of the Reformation flowed. Robertson. So as to throw a glancing and fortuitous light upon the whole. Hazlitt.…
FORTUITY n.
Accident; chance; casualty. D. Forbes (1750).
FORTUNATE a. 2 definitions
bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment.
FORTUNATELY adv.
In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.
FORTUNATENESS n.
The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck; success; happiness.
FORTUNE n. 8 definitions
ng human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life. 'T is more by fortune, lady, than by merit. Shak. O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle. Shak.
FORTUNELESS a.
Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. Spenser.
FORTUNIZE v.
To regulate the fortune of; to make happy. [Obs.] Spenser.
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