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Definition of Fortressing
1. fortress [v] - See also: fortress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortressing
Literary usage of Fortressing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walt Whitman: His Life and Work by Bliss Perry (1906)
"... I behold Hutten fortressing Luther; here is Boccaccio lifting the darkness
from Dante, and scattering flame on his foes in Florence; this is Bembo ..."
2. From Berlin to Bagdad and Babylon by John Augustine Zahm (1922)
"It was indeed by fortressing this pass that Mehemet Ali was long able, in defiance
of the power of the Turkish Sultan, to retain control of Syria. ..."
3. Elias: An Epic of the Ages by Orson Ferguson Whitney (1904)
"Federal with freedom, fortressing her land ! Had primal man the sacred garden
tilled, Ere earthly scenes your early vision scanned ? ..."
4. Down the Road: And Other Essays of Nature, Life, Literature, and Religion by William Valentine Kelley (1911)
"As the lighthouse, which is a home for the family dwelling in it, is a beacon to
the furthest passer-by on the outskirts of its illumination, fortressing ..."
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