Incastle

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To add castles to a place. obsolete

    "Meth was alredie meetlie well and indifferentlie fortified and incastelled."

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castellate

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"Meth was alredie meetlie well and indifferentlie fortified and incastelled."

Etymology

From Mediaeval Latin incastellāre (“to fortify, to incastle”), from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle”). Cognate with Italian incastellare and Old French encasteler.

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