"fortifying" meaning in English

See fortifying in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more fortifying [comparative], most fortifying [superlative]
Etymology: From fortify + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fortify|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From fortify + -ing., {{ety|en|:af|fortify|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From fortify + -ing. Head templates: {{en-adj}} fortifying (comparative more fortifying, superlative most fortifying)
  1. Tags: no-gloss Derived forms: fortifyingly
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Noun

Forms: fortifyings [plural]
Etymology: From fortify + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fortify|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From fortify + -ing., {{ety|en|:af|fortify|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From fortify + -ing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fortifying (plural fortifyings)
  1. The process by which something is fortified. Translations (Translations): fortifiant [masculine] (French), fortalecemento [masculine] (Galician), fortalecimento [masculine] (Portuguese), fortalecimiento [masculine] (Spanish)
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Verb

Etymology: From fortify + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fortify|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From fortify + -ing., {{ety|en|:af|fortify|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From fortify + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fortifying
  1. present participle and gerund of fortify Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fortify
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Inflected forms

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