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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fortify.

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Examples

  • Armstrong for Eddie Griffin fortifies the Nets at shooting guard and center.

    USATODAY.com - Team-by-team analysis 2001

  • Taking the nutrient approach to self serving extremes, the food industry "fortifies" highly processed foods, like refined cereals and sugar-sweetened beverages, with selected micronutrients and recharacterizes them as nutritious.

    Weighty Matters 2010

  • Taking the nutrient approach to self serving extremes, the food industry "fortifies" highly processed foods, like refined cereals and sugar-sweetened beverages, with selected micronutrients and recharacterizes them as nutritious.

    Weighty Matters 2010

  • _whatever_, is nom. to "fortifies;" _which_, the relative part, is nom. to "purifies."

    English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham

  • The industry then "fortifies" these processed foods with marketable nutrients, but never recreates the health promoting properties of the whole food they replaced. "

    FoodAndDrinkEurope RSS 2009

  • The industry then "fortifies" these processed foods with marketable nutrients, but never recreates the health promoting properties of the whole food they replaced. "

    FoodNavigator RSS 2009

  • The industry then "fortifies" these processed foods with marketable nutrients, but never recreates the health promoting properties of the whole food they replaced. "

    FoodAndDrinkEurope RSS 2009

  • I think for me, when you go to your work it sort of fortifies that that belief system that we Westerners have, which is oh, I know you're going through a hard time.

    Sheryl Crow On Love, Loss And Bouncing Back 2010

  • I think for me, when you go to your work it sort of fortifies that that belief system that we Westerners have, which is oh, I know you're going through a hard time.

    Sheryl Crow On Love, Loss And Bouncing Back 2010

  • This it seems to me, fortifies Rex´ comment that the use of slang with which one is not adequately familiar in describing any single group of people is always akin to treading on thin ice.

    Page 2 2009

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