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fortiting

fortiting is the present participle and gerund of fortite.

Meaning of fortite

Verb

fortite (third-person singular simple present fortites, present participle fortiting, simple past and past participle fortited)

  1. (uncommon) To fortify; to undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.
    • Fortited sound /t/ /k/
      If a verb root beginning with /d/ or /g/ is reduplicated, the initial sound in the base form of the verb is fortited. For example , the verb root /gita/ 'look at' is reduplicated to the left[…]2010, Cynthia Schneider, A Grammar of Abma: A Language of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu

Questions about fortiting

What is fortiting the present participle and gerund of?
Fortiting is the present participle and gerund of fortite.

Words near fortiting in the dictionary

  1. fortississimo
  2. fortississimos
  3. fortite
  4. fortited
  5. fortites
  6. fortiting
  7. fortition
  8. fortitions
  9. fortitude
  10. fortitudes
  11. fortitudinous

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