fortify
verb (used with object)
to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
fortifier
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a word derived from
fortify.
Example Sentences
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Samples from expressed milk, a breast pump used in the hospital and the liquid human milk fortifier were all negative for the bacteria.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
The child, who was hospitalized, had been fed a mix of breastmilk and liquid human milk fortifier through a tube.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
For his own refreshment during the reading, abstemious Cripps kept by his elbow, in place of the more customary alcoholic fortifier, a tumbler of orangeade spiked with honey.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wrote to the San Francisco Examiner recommending that fine old U.S. fortifier, Tom & Jerry.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is evident that he had need of that fortifier and refresher.
From The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh by William Makepeace Thackeray
