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adj. - Invigorating physically or mentally.

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Usage examples (37)
  • General Grant was busily engaged in fortifying his new position at Hatcher's Run.
  • I remember the long, nightmarish evening that we spent in fortifying the building.
  • The child had fallen asleep, so the woman placed it on a heap of furs and lent a hand in fortifying the camp.
  • Israel, deemed it prudent to lose no time in fortifying several cities that lay along the frontier of his kingdom.
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