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Embattle
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- 1 A merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement.
"Again, it can be drawn with the angle of the limbs being greater or less than a right angle, but they will appear to conflict with the embattles which have to be rectangular. In some ordinaries such as the fess, there must be an odd number of embattles, otherwise it will start high and end low [...]"
- 1 To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle. transitive
- 2 To furnish with battlements; to give the form of battlements to. transitive
"to embattle a wall"
- 3 prepare for battle or conflict wordnet
- 4 To prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
"In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts. But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause — such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy ?"
- 5 fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense wordnet
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- 6 To be arrayed for battle. intransitive
Etymology
From Middle English enbatelen, embatailen, from Old French embataillier (“to array for battle”), from em- (Latin in) + bataille (“battle”).
From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- + + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste.
From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- + + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste.
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