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fortifiesverbpresent tense third-person singular of fortify to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionallyKelly fortified herself for the basketball tournament with a series of confidence-boosting exercises braces, forearms, nerves, poises, psyches (up), readies, steels, strengthens armshardens, inures, seasons, toughensbolsters, boosts, buoys (up), buttresses, enforces, props (up), reinforces(also reenforces), supports, sustainscheers (up), comforts, emboldens, encourages, heartens, inspiresrallies, rouses, stirs daunts, demoralizes, discourages, disheartens, dispirits, psychs (out), shakes, unnervesdebilitates, enervates, enfeebles, prostrates, saps, softens, tires, undercuts, undermines, weakens to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical forcehe downed another granola bar to fortify himself for the rest of the bike ride beefs (up), hardens, strengthens, toughens anneals, tempersfirms (up), tones (up)energizes, invigorates, vitalizesrestrengthens debilitates, enervates, enfeebles, weakens cripples, incapacitates, paralyzesdamages, harms, hurts, impairs, injuresbreaks down, wears outsaps, undercuts, undermines to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposurebought lots of warm clothing to fortify ourselves against the cold hardens, indurates, inures, seasons, steels, strengthens, toughens acclimates, acclimatizes, adapts, adjustsanneals, tempersinvigorates, vitalizesimmunizesbolsters, boosts, braces, buttresses, enforces, forearms, props (up), reinforces(also reenforces), supportsbreaks in, limbers (up), trainsaccustoms, conditions, habituates, naturalizes softens emasculates, enervates, enfeebles, exhausts, saps, weakenscripples, debilitates, hamstrings, incapacitatessensitizes |