ppl. a. [f. FORTIFY v. + -ED1.] Strengthened; provided with means of defence; protected with fortifications.
1538. Elyot, Firmus, stable, constant, well fortified.
1611. Bible, Micah vii. 12. He shal come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities.
a. 1657. Lovelace, Poems (1864), 234.
| But left you to the mercy of your host | |
| And 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. A lofty, massive front with three fortified and portcullised gateways.
