Fortify

a. Fr. fortifier; L. Lat. fort if i care, from fortis, strong, and facere, to make.] To add to the strength of; to confirm; to invigorate; to strengthen against any attack.-To strengthen and secure by forts, batteries, and other defensive works. To furnish with strength, or means of resisting force, violence, or a ault. -0.11. To raise strong places. "Thou us empowered, to fortify thus far."- Milton . Fort Independence, in Ma achusetts, on Castle Island, about 3 miles below Boston, Previous to and during the Revolution it was called FORT WILLIAM. Fort In'dian, in Rhode Island, a noted fortification of the Narragansetts, near Kingston. Fort Inge, in Tezas , a former P. O. of Uvalde co. Fort Isle Aux Noix ( eel - o - nwaw ), a strong British fortre on the Sorel river, near the S. boundary of Quebec, originally founded by the French in 1759, and strengthened by Gen. Schuyler in 1775. Fortis's imo, adv . [It. superl. of forte , strongly.] (Mus.) A distinction to sing or play with the utmost strength or loudne .