Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Fortified; strong.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of fort.
  • adjective Ensconced in or protected by a fort.

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Examples

  • Yah, ai nawt shoor why but ai forted it wuz teh middlol of teh nite – ai cud nawt take 5 away from elebenty an maek six.

    Li’l Wiskars is awflee - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • An America of Wounded Knee and Fort Davis where soldiers forted up at the water holes in the desert and slaughtered Apache men, women and children who were dying of thirst and came down to the water.

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  • Then the boys attacked the survivor and slew him and fell to fighting amongst themselves, till they were all killed; and the women and girls fled to the hamlets and forted villages; wherefore the city became desert and none dwelt therein but the owl.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • November 10, 2008 at 6:04 am uh noz! hee forted so bahd dat he turnd teh blunkets green.

    did not - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Even at a distance, it was obvious the Dandelos had forted up.

    The Shadow Of The Lion Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Susan took her into her arms and forted her again.

    two women Cole, Martina 1999

  • By then Mick had made himself at home at the desk in the room over the entry way β€” had forted himself up there, actually, as if building a wall of his books and pamphlets would make it impossible for me to oust him.

    Till the Butchers Cut Him Down Muller, Marcia 1994

  • It com-forted her to realize that she'd slain nearly everyone who had ever thwarted her.

    The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993

  • Others forted up in deep caves in the hills back of the shorelines and poured sniper and machine gun fire onto approaching Marines until they were rooted out with flame throwers or killed by high-explosive charges.

    ONE SHOT-ONE KILL CHARLES W. SASSER CRAIG ROBERTS 1990

  • 'We fought our way clear of the Persians and forted up in a circle of boulders.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

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