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Early 14 c., fromOld Frenchforteresce, forteresse, forterece(“strong place, fortification”), variant offortelesse, fromMedieval Latinfortalitia, fromLatinfortis(“strong”) (seefort) +‎-itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality or condition.French-ess, fromLatin-itia is also in words such asduress,largesse andriches. For change of medial-l- to-r- in Old French, compareorne(“elm”) fromulmus;chartre fromcartula andchapitre fromcapitulum. First attested in the 12th century.

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fortress (pluralfortresses)

  1. Afortified place; a large and permanentfortification, sometimes including atown; for example a fort, acastle; astronghold; a place ofdefense orsecurity.
    • 1981,William Irwin Thompson,The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page160:
      Like the Mesolithic age of 10,000-8000 B.C., the period 6000-4000 B.C. seems to be one of the fall offortresses and the rise of pastoral nomadism.
  2. (chess) Aposition that, if obtained by the weaker side, will preventpenetration by the opposing side, generally achieving adraw.

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fortified place
chess technique

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fortress (third-person singular simple presentfortresses,present participlefortressing,simple past and past participlefortressed)

  1. (transitive) Tofurnish with a fortress or with fortresses; toguard, tofortify.
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