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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Fôrt, n.

noun

n. [Fr., from fort, equivalent to Lat. fortis, strong; It. & Pg. forte, Sp. fuerte.]

  1. (Mil.) A 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 fortress; a fortification.
  2. A strong side; a forte. [Rare.] See FORTE.