Castellate
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The district of a castle. historical, obsolete, rare
"In the Castellate of Roger of Poictou..."
- 1 To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building. transitive
"The citizen who castellates a Villa at Richmond..."
- 2 To take the form of a castle. intransitive, rare
"...Clouds slowly castellating in a calm..."
- 1 castle-like: built or shaped like a castle. rare
"...The living porphyry, in towers around Grotesquely castellate..."
- 2 Castled: having or furnished with castles. rare
"...Heights castellate..."
- 3 Housed or kept in a castle. rare
Example
More examples"...The living porphyry, in towers around Grotesquely castellate..."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified”), from castellum (“little fortification, castle”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix). Equivalent to Latin castellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix)
From Medieval Latin castellō (“fortify”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From Latin castellum + -ate (forms noun denoting a rank or office, here the concrete charge of this office).
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