refortify

t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. fortify (q. v.).] To fortify again or anew; to put into a state of defense again; to repair or renew the fortifications of. failed [HUGUENOT], and of the other two, that in Germany was so much the more potent that from its commencement (October 31, 1517) dates the period of the Reformation and of modern times. [LUTHER AN, PROTESTANT.] (For the Swi Refor- mation see Reformed Church; for that of England, Church of England; for that of Scotland, Church fodio to dig.] The act of digging up again. of Scotland.) Though the most potent influence in the Reformation was a strong spiritual impulse, "Hence are refo ion of graues, torturing of the sur- yet other elements had a large place. The ethnol. ogist observes that, speaking broadly, the Teutonic race in England, Scotland, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Sweden, Norway.and Denmark, embraced the Reformation, while the Latin and Celtic races rejected it, the chief exception being that Teutonic Austria remained Catholic, while the Celtic Scottish Highlanders became Protestant. The intellectual impulse which the Reformation communicated is still in full force, and will never fade away.