Fortition is a consonantal change from a `weak` sound to a `strong` one, the opposite of the more common lenition. For example, a fricative or an approximant may become a stop (i.e. [v] becomes [b] or [r] becomes [d]). Although not as typical of sound change as lenition, fortition may occur in prominent positions, such as at the beginning of a...
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• (n.) Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard.
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For·ti'tion noun [ See
Fortuitous .] Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard. [ R.] « No mode of election operating in the spirit of
fortition or rotation can be generally good.»
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a phonological process that strengthens consonant articulation at the beginnings of syllables, causing devoicing or the formation of stops. · a type of Celtic mutation that derives historically from phonological fortition.
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