单词 | fortifying |
释义 | fortifyingn. a. The action of fortify v. Also gerundially with omission of in. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] warec893 mundbyrdeOE mundOE forhillinga1300 hillinga1300 weringa1300 warranting1303 garrisonc1320 defencec1325 defendingc1350 protectionc1350 garnisonc1386 safe warda1398 warrantise?a1400 safeguard1421 safekeeping1425 defension?a1439 defendancec1450 warisonc1450 propugnation1575 guard1576 fortifying1580 debate1581 shielding1581 shrouda1586 patronage1590 shrouding1615 fortressing?1624 munification1653 fencinga1661 castleward1674 fending1771 safeguardance1897 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > construction of defensive works strengthingc1384 warnestoringc1386 munition?c1500 fortification1562 defences1569 ensconcing1590 munifience1596 refortification1598 garrisoning1681 fortifying1719 forting1756 obstacling1882 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > specific procedures furring1622 ceiling1627 spaling1805 fortifying1820 conversion1850 boot-topping1867 fairing1867 horning1879 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Fortifiement, a fortifying. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 70 I laid aside..my Building, and Fortifying. 1774 S. Cooper in Franklin's Wks. (1887) V. 364 The entrance into this town is now fortifying by the soldiery. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 191 Fortifying, is the operation of strengthening a ship's stern and bows. 1832 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 287 Lying down is an instant specific for it [sea-sickness], and eating, a certain alleviation and fortifying against it. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. iii. 80 Sir Maximus Debarry who had been at the fortifying of the old castle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] workeOE forcementa1382 strengtha1382 strengthinga1382 warding1382 closurea1400 bulwarkc1418 propugnaclea1460 fortification1489 munition?c1500 tuition1513 fortifying1523 furniture1577 munificence1596 bloccuz1600 burg-ward1753 propugnaculum1864 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxxxiii. 422 The fote men..beate downe the fortifyeng and barryers. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vii. f. 138v The king of Scythia..iudging yt the fortifieng vpon the ryuers side shuld be as a yoke to his neck. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 950 A proppe, a fortifying..fulcimentum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasˈfortifying ˈfortifying adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > strengthening > [adjective] strengthening1571 roborating1615 enabling1628 strengthing1672 steeling1849 fortifying1863 the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] > capable of moral effort or endurance > strengthening of moral purpose fortifying1863 1863 B. Jerrold Signals of Distress 22 Soup, made of sound and fortifying materials. 1872 W. Bagehot Physics & Polit. (1876) 217 The fortifying religions..those which lay the plainest stress on the manly parts of morality. < n.1523 as lemmas |
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