Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fortress
Participle: fortressed
Gerund: fortressing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fortress |
| you | fortress |
| he;she;it | fortresses |
| we | fortress |
| you | fortress |
| they | fortress |
Perfect
| I | have fortressed |
| you | have fortressed |
| he;she;it | has fortressed |
| we | have fortressed |
| you | have fortressed |
| they | have fortressed |
Past
| I | fortressed |
| you | fortressed |
| he;she;it | fortressed |
| we | fortressed |
| you | fortressed |
| they | fortressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had fortressed |
| you | had fortressed |
| he;she;it | had fortressed |
| we | had fortressed |
| you | had fortressed |
| they | had fortressed |
Future
| I | will fortress |
| you | will fortress |
| he;she;it | will fortress |
| we | will fortress |
| you | will fortress |
| they | will fortress |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fortressed |
| you | will have fortressed |
| he;she;it | will have fortressed |
| we | will have fortressed |
| you | will have fortressed |
| they | will have fortressed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fortress |
| you | fortress |
| he;she;it | fortress |
| we | fortress |
| you | fortress |
| they | fortress |
Perfect
| I | have fortressed |
| you | have fortressed |
| he;she;it | have fortressed |
| we | have fortressed |
| you | have fortressed |
| they | have fortressed |
Imperfect
| I | fortressed |
| you | fortressed |
| he;she;it | fortressed |
| we | fortressed |
| you | fortressed |
| they | fortressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had fortressed |
| you | had fortressed |
| he;she;it | had fortressed |
| we | had fortressed |
| you | had fortressed |
| they | had fortressed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fortress |
| you | would fortress |
| he;she;it | would fortress |
| we | would fortress |
| you | would fortress |
| they | would fortress |
Perfect
| I | would have fortressed |
| you | would have fortressed |
| he;she;it | would have fortressed |
| we | would have fortressed |
| you | would have fortressed |
| they | would have fortressed |
Imperative
| you | fortress |
| we | Let's fortress |
| you | fortress |
Verbs conjugated like 'fortress'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fortress'
fortread,
buttress,
compress,
congress,
destress,
distress,
eustress,
forcremp,
fordread,
foreguess,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Early 14 c., from Old French forteresce, forteresse, forterece (“strong place, fortification”), variant of fortelesse, from Medieval Latin fortalitia, from Latin fortis (“strong”) (see fort) + -itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality or condition. French -ess, from Latin -itia is also in words such as duress, prowess, largesse and richesse. For change of medial -l- to -r- in Old French, compare orne (“elm”) from ulmus; chartre from cartula and chapitre from capitulum. First attested in the 12th century.
Sample Sentences
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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:]