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# That which fortifies; especially, a [[work]] or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
# That which fortifies; especially, a [[work]] or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
#*{{quote-book|en|title= The history of Wallingford|volume=1|author=John Kirby Hedges |year=1881 |page=170|url= https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=HfcGAAAAQAAJ |passage=Kenett states that the military works still known by the name of Tadmarten Camp and Hook-Norton Barrow were cast up at this time ; the former, large and round, is judged to be a '''fortification''' of the Danes, and the latter, being smaller and rather a quinquangle than a square, of the Saxons.}}
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# An increase in effectiveness, as by adding ingredients.
# An increase in effectiveness, as by adding ingredients.
#* '''1979''', ''Kiplinger's Personal Finance'' (volume 33, number 7, July 1979, page 47)
#* '''1979''', ''Kiplinger's Personal Finance'' (volume 33, number 7, July 1979, page 47)

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See also: fortificâtion

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fortification, from Late Latin fortificatio, fortificationem, from fortifico, from Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌfɔː(ɹ)tɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌfɔː(ɹ)tɪfəˈkeɪʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Nomen

fortification (countable and uncountable, plural fortifications)

  1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
  2. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
    • 1881, John Kirby Hedges, The history of Wallingford‎[1], volume 1, page 170:
      Kenett states that the military works still known by the name of Tadmarten Camp and Hook-Norton Barrow were cast up at this time ; the former, large and round, is judged to be a fortification of the Danes, and the latter, being smaller and rather a quinquangle than a square, of the Saxons.
    • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      “[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […] ”
  3. An increase in effectiveness, as by adding ingredients.
    • 1979, Kiplinger's Personal Finance (volume 33, number 7, July 1979, page 47)
      Compare the nutrition information label of a regular ready-to-eat fortified cereal with that of a presweetened brand and you'll note that, although the sweetened one's sugar content is higher, the fortification is virtually identical.
  4. A jagged pattern sometimes seen during an attack of migraine.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fortificatio, fortificationem, from fortifico, from Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

Nomen

fortification f (plural fortifications)

  1. fortification (all meanings)

Further reading

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