fortify
/ˈfɔːtɪfʌɪ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈfɔːtɪfʌɪ/
fortify
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- Aw vowel
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- Final y vowel sound
for - ti - fy -> fortify
Myanmar meaning
(v) အင်အားခိုင်မာစေသည်။
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fortify / 'fↄ:tÇfaÇ / v (pt, pp -fied )
၁။ ~ sth (against sth/sb ) (က) ခံစစ်ပြင်သည်။ အခိုင်အမာပြုသည်။ fortify a town against the enemy ❍ a fortified city. (ခ) ရဲဆေးတင်သည်။ They went into battle fortified by prayer. ❍ He fortified himself against the cold with a large glass of brandy.
၂။ ~ sth (with sth) (usu passive) အားဖြည့်သည်။ အာနိသင် ဖြည့်သည်။ cereal fortified with extra vitamins ❍ fortified wine (ie wine strengthened with extra alcohol) such as port.
❏ fortification / fↄ:tÇfÇ'keÇʃn / n
၁။ [C usu pl ] ခံတပ်၊ ခံစစ်နေရာစသည်။ impregnable fortifications.
၂။ [U] ခံစစ်လုပ်ငန်း။ ခံစစ်ပြင်ဆင်မှု။ plans for the fortification of the city.
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make stronger, strengthen, reinforce, build up, secure, brace, buttress, arouse, augment, bolster, boost, buck up, bulwark, charge up, cheer, confirm, consolidate, defend, embattle, embolden, encourage, energize, enhance, enliven, enrich, entrench, exhilarate, garrison, gird, give a boost to, harden, hearten, improve, invigorate, lace, mix, pep up, pour it on, prepare, prop, protect, punch up, rally, ready, reassure, refresh, reinvigorate, renew, restore, revive, rouse, safeguard, shore up, soup up, steel, step up, stiffen, stir, support, sustain, toughen, wall
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