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Meaning of fortite | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To fortify; to undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.

uncommon

Examples

“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[…]”
“It is very striking that natives of this archipelago, Scandinavian-speaking well into the modern era, should have developed */xw/ in a similar fortited way to their Faeroese and Norwegian neighbours.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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