incastellate
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Mediaeval Latin incastellātus (“fortified, incastled, incastellate”), from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle”). Equivalent to incastle + -ate and cognate with Italian incastellare.
Verb edit
incastellate (third-person singular simple present incastellates, present participle incastellating, simple past and past participle incastellated)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make into a castle.
Etymology 2 edit
From Medieval Latin castellum (“cistern”).
Verb edit
incastellate (third-person singular simple present incastellates, present participle incastellating, simple past and past participle incastellated)
- (transitive, obsolete) To enclose (cisterns, fountains, etc.).
- 1598, John Stow, A Suruay of London, page 233:
- Incastellated the same in sufficient cesternes.
References edit
- "† inˈcastellate | enˈcastellate, v.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
incastellate
- inflection of incastellare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
incastellate f pl