fortified, ppl. a.
(ˈfɔːtɪfaɪd)
[f. fortify v. + -ed1.]
1. Strengthened; provided with means of defence; protected with fortifications.
| 1538 Elyot, Firmus, stable, constant, well fortified. 1611 Bible Micah vii. 12 He shal come..from the fortified cities. a 1657 Lovelace Poems (1864) 234 Your days fare, a fortified toast. 1692 in Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. ii. xviii. 128 A Well Fortified Gun, hath her Metal at the Vent or Touch-hole as thick as her Diameter at the Bore. 1757 York Courant 18 Oct., A well-fortified vessel for the coasting trade..has been long wanted. 1790 Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 247 The Orsini and Vitelli in Italy, who used to sally from their fortified dens to rob the trader and traveller. 1861 M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 45 Three fortified and portcullised gateways. |
2. a. Of food: supplied with added nutrients.
| 1910 C. Watson Food & Feeding iv. 36 Milk fortified with starch. Ibid. viii. 139 A ‘fortified cocoa’ can be prepared as follows:—..cocoa..milk..sugar..water..cream. 1940 Nature 27 July 117/1 The white loaf would be fortified with a supplement of vitamin B1 (aneurin) and a calcium salt. 1970 Guardian 7 Aug. 3/8 Modern bakeries..have pushed out fortified bread to tickle the palate. |
b. Of wines: strengthened with alcohol. Cf. fortify v. 4.
| c 1906 Harmsworth Encycl. VIII. 6320/2 Madeira is a sherry type of fortified wine. 1954 R. W. Schery Plants for Man xx. 525/2 Fortified wines are ‘cocktail’ or ‘dessert’ wines such as port, sherry, and vermouth, in which the alcoholic content is supplemented by the additon of brandy..to a strength unobtainable by simple fermentation. 1968 Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 13 Dec. 41/1 So often in statistics no distinction is made between table wine, fortified wine, and aperitif wine. |