Definition of Fortressing

1. Verb. (present participle of fortress) ¹

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Definition of Fortressing

1. fortress [v] - See also: fortress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortressing

fortitude
fortitudes
fortitudinous
fortlet
fortlets
fortlike
fortnight
fortnightlies
fortnightly
fortnights
fortravel
fortread
fortress
fortressed
fortresses
fortressing (current term)
fortresslike
forts
fortuit
fortuities
fortuitism
fortuitous
fortuitously
fortuitousness
fortuituous
fortuity
fortunate
fortunately
fortunateness
fortunatenesses

Literary usage of Fortressing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Walt Whitman: His Life and Work by Bliss Perry (1906)
"... I behold Hutten fortressing Luther; here is Boccaccio lifting the darkness from Dante, and scattering flame on his foes in Florence; this is Bembo ..."

2. From Berlin to Bagdad and Babylon by John Augustine Zahm (1922)
"It was indeed by fortressing this pass that Mehemet Ali was long able, in defiance of the power of the Turkish Sultan, to retain control of Syria. ..."

3. Elias: An Epic of the Ages by Orson Ferguson Whitney (1904)
"Federal with freedom, fortressing her land ! Had primal man the sacred garden tilled, Ere earthly scenes your early vision scanned ? ..."

4. Down the Road: And Other Essays of Nature, Life, Literature, and Religion by William Valentine Kelley (1911)
"As the lighthouse, which is a home for the family dwelling in it, is a beacon to the furthest passer-by on the outskirts of its illumination, fortressing ..."

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