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Webster 1913 Edition


Fort

Fort

,
Noun.
[F., from
fort
strong, L.
fortis
; perh. akin to Skr.
darh
to fix, make firm, and to E.
firm
Cf.
Forte
,
Force
,
Fortalice
,
Comfort
,
Effort
.]
(Mil.)
A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification.
Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed
forts
.
Farrow.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fort

FORT

,
Noun.
[L. fortis, strong.]
1.
A fortified place; usually, a small fortified place; a place surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; also, any building or place fortified for security against an enemy; a castle.
2.
A strong side, opposed to weak side or foible.

Definition 2024


fört

fört

See also: fort, Fort, fořt, for't, and fort-

Swedish

Adjective

fört

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of förd.

Verb

fört

  1. supine of föra.