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  2. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...

  3. Fortification - Wikipedia

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    A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

  4. Food fortification - Wikipedia

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    Food fortification is the addition of micronutrients (essential trace elements and vitamins) to food products. Food enrichment specifically means adding back nutrients lost during food processing, while fortification includes adding nutrients not naturally present. [1]

  5. Fortify - Wikipedia

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    Fortify (Netscape), a software hack for the Netscape Navigator; Fortify, a software tool used to format programs in the Fortress programming language for rendering by LaTeX; Fortify Software, a software code analysis product; Fortify, an app marketed by the anti-pornography organization Fight the New Drug which tracks the user’s masturbation ...

  6. Militia - Wikipedia

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    Based on the English system, colonial militias were drawn from the body of adult male citizens of a community, town, or local region. Because there was no standing English Army before the English Civil War , and subsequently the English Army and later the British Army had few regulars garrisoning North America, colonial militia served a vital ...

  7. List of forts - Wikipedia

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    However, several military fortifications were erected by the Hudson's Bay Company, whose royal charter required them to fortify Rupert's Land. Other groups that erected military fortifications in Canada includes First Nations , Spain, and the United States.

  8. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/C - Wikipedia

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    Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples cac-, kak-[1]bad: Greek: κακός (kakós), κάκιστος (kákistos): cachexia ...

  9. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonyms are often from the different strata making up a language. For example, in English, Norman French superstratum words and Old English substratum words continue to coexist. [11] Thus, today there exist synonyms like the Norman-derived people, liberty and archer, and the Saxon-derived folk, freedom and bowman.