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unfortify

unfortify verb: to remove fortifications from.

Verb

unfortify (third-person singular simple present unfortifies, present participle unfortifying, simple past and past participle unfortified)

  1. (transitive) To remove fortifications from.
    • The Lord Admiral agreed to let them go, and also agreed that the defenders should be allowed the space of two hours, in which to unfortify the door and then re-build the barricades.1963, Peter Quennell, Shakespeare: A Biography, page 242

Forms of unfortify

third-person singular presentunfortifies
present participleunfortifying
past participleunfortified
pastunfortified

Origin of unfortify

From un- + fortify.

Questions about unfortify

What does unfortify mean?
Unfortify means to remove fortifications from.
What part of speech is unfortify?
Unfortify is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfortify?
The past tense of unfortify is unfortified.

Words near unfortify in the dictionary

  1. unforthcomingness
  2. unforthright
  3. unfortifiable
  4. unfortified
  5. unfortifies
  6. unfortify
  7. unfortifying
  8. unfortuitous
  9. unfortuitously
  10. unfortunally
  11. unfortunant

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