Fortify
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To increase the defenses of. To impart strength or vigor to. To increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients. To strengthen mentally or morally.
Example sentence: To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay for good entertainment which he can understand, which he can identify with and which will fortify his spirit.
Spike
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.Anything resembling such a nail in shape.An ear of grain.A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.(in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.A sharp peak in a graph.An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.An adolescent male deer.a surge in power.(slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances.To add a small amount of one substance to another.To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.To decide not to publish or make public.