What part of speech is fortified?

Fortified can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. fortified is a verb, past participle of fortify (infinitive).
  • 2. fortified is a verb, past simple of fortify (infinitive).
  • 3. fortified is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more fortified
    most fortified
  • Positive: fortified 
  • Comparative: more fortified
  • Superlative: most fortified

What does fortified mean?

Definitions

Adjective

fortified - having something added to increase the strength; "fortified wine"
fortified - secured with bastions or fortifications

Verb

fortify - enclose by or as if by a fortification
fortify - add nutrients to; "fortified milk"
fortify - make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
fortify - prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
fortify - add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!"

Examples of fortified

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Fortified wine.
2. adj. Seek shelter in a fortified, windowless room, preferably underground.
3. adj. The officer ordered the soldiers to attack the fortified position.
4. adj. The folic acid used in fortified foods poses greater health risks than naturally occurring folates.
5. adj. The Spanish built a fortified fort on an island known as Penon off the coast of Algiers.
6. verb The city was well fortified except on this side.
7. verb The city was fortified all about.
8. verb The king ordered that the town should be fortified as well as possible.
9. verb I am telling you what I have discovered. Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
10. verb Led by the town's mayor, inspired by bass drums and bagpipes and fortified by homemade plum brandy, they performed a slow "mazhko horo," or men's dance, stomping on the rocky riverbed.
11. verb Yanni felt fortified.
12. verb Fadil and Dania were ready to do anything to fortify their relationship.
13. verb We must fortify the settlement before someone tries to attack it.
14. verb Fadil and Dania were ready to do anything to fortify their relationship.
15. verb We must fortify the settlement before someone tries to attack it.
Sentence  
adj.
Fortified wine.
Seek shelter in a fortified, windowless room, preferably underground.
The officer ordered the soldiers to attack the fortified position.
The folic acid used in fortified foods poses greater health risks than naturally occurring folates.
The Spanish built a fortified fort on an island known as Penon off the coast of Algiers.
verb
The city was well fortified except on this side.
The city was fortified all about.
The king ordered that the town should be fortified as well as possible.
I am telling you what I have discovered. Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
Led by the town's mayor, inspired by bass drums and bagpipes and fortified by homemade plum brandy, they performed a slow "mazhko horo," or men's dance, stomping on the rocky riverbed.
Yanni felt fortified.
Fadil and Dania were ready to do anything to fortify their relationship.
We must fortify the settlement before someone tries to attack it.
Fadil and Dania were ready to do anything to fortify their relationship.
We must fortify the settlement before someone tries to attack it.

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