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fortressed

fortressed is the simple past and past participle of fortress.

Meaning of fortress

Verb

fortress (third-person singular simple present fortresses, present participle fortressing, simple past and past participle fortressed)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard, to fortify.
    • Honour and Beautie in the owners armes, / Are weaklie fortreſt from a world of harmes.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC

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Questions about fortressed

What is fortressed the simple past and past participle of?
Fortressed is the simple past and past participle of fortress.

Words near fortressed in the dictionary

  1. fortread
  2. fortress
  3. Fortress Europe
  4. Fortress Hill
  5. fortresse
  6. fortressed
  7. fortresses
  8. fortressing
  9. fortresslike
  10. Fortriu
  11. Fortrose

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