"fortite" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fortites [present, singular, third-person], fortiting [participle, present], fortited [participle, past], fortited [past]
Etymology: Back-formed from fortition? Compare lenite, lenition. Head templates: {{en-verb}} fortite (third-person singular simple present fortites, present participle fortiting, simple past and past participle fortited)
  1. (uncommon, phonetics, phonology) To fortify; to undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition. Tags: uncommon

Inflected forms

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