munite
English
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin mūnīre (“to wall round, fortify”), earlier moenīre, from moenia (“walls”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mjuːˈnaɪt/
Verb
munite (third-person singular simple present munites, present participle muniting, simple past and past participle munited)
- (obsolete, transitive) To fortify, strengthen. [16th–19th c.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 47, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- being in his owne Countrie, and amidst good friends, he had the better leasure to re-enforce his decayed forces, and more opportunity, to strengthen Townes, to munite Castles, to store Rivers with all necessaries they wanted […].
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Unity in Religion”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- Concerning the means of procuring unity, men must beware, that, in the procuring or muniting of religious unity, they do not dissolve and deface the laws of charity and of human society.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:strengthen
Related terms
Italian
Verb
munite
- inflection of munire:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Latin
References
- “munite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- munite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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