Why this word is great
MUNITE — [Verb] To fortify or strengthen, especially by building defensive walls. From the participle stem of Latin mūnīre ("to wall round, fortify"), earlier moenīre, from moenia ("walls"). Unlike "fortify" (which broadens to any reinforcement) or "buttress" (which suggests external propping), "munite" is the deliberate act of encircling, of raising barriers against the world. It is the mason laying stones against siege, the farmer hedging his field with thorn, the child piling pillows into a rampart at the foot of his bed—each a silent testament to the human need for boundaries, for something to stand between the self and the vast, encroaching unknown. To munite is to draw a line in the sand, knowing full well the tide will come, but drawing it all the same.