FORTIFIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fortified mean? 

• FORTIFIED (adjective)
  The adjective FORTIFIED has 2 senses:

1. secured with bastions or fortifications

2. having something added to increase the strength

  Familiarity information: FORTIFIED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORTIFIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Secured with bastions or fortifications

Synonyms:

bastioned; fortified

Similar:

protected (kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having something added to increase the strength

Context example:

fortified wine

Similar:

strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)

 Context examples 

Synthetic folate in fortified foods and supplements containing a single glutamate molecule.

(Folic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Micronutrient-fortified probiotic yogurt contains various micronutrients in addition to beneficial microorganisms, such as strains of Lactobacillus.

(Micronutrient-Fortified Probiotic Yogurt, NCI Thesaurus)

And thus fortified, as I supposed, on every side, I began to profit by the strange immunities of my position.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Supplements including folic acid have been shown to greatly reduce birth defects, so much so that food in many countries is fortified with this particular B vitamin.

(New Genetic Discovery May Eventually End Premature Birth, VOA)

It said fortified infant cereals were relatively cheap in high- and upper middle-income countries but very expensive in low-income countries, where undernutrition in early childhood is most prevalent.

(High cost of healthy food to blame for malnutrition, SciDev.Net)

Pride forbid, and whenever the longing grew very strong, he fortified his resolution by repeating the words that had made the deepest impression—I despise you.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

One Dietary Folate Equivalent (DFE) = 1 microgram food folate = 0.6 microgram folic acid from supplements and fortified food.

(Dietary Folate Equivalent, NCI Thesaurus)

Professor Dale describes the development of the bio-fortified banana as a significant humanitarian project.

(Golden Bananas High in Pro-Vitamin A Developed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Foods like milk, milk products like cheese and yogurt, fatty fish like mackerel and sardines, some greens like kale and collards and fortified cereals also are good sources.

(High Doses of Vitamin D Rapidly Reduce Arterial Stiffness, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I was not sleepy, as the long sleep yesterday had fortified me; but I could not help experiencing that chill which comes over one at the coming of the dawn, which is like, in its way, the turn of the tide.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)