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English

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Etymology 1

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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

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incastellate (third-person singular simple present incastellates, present participle incastellating, simple past and past participle incastellated)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To make into a castle.

Etymology 2

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From Medieval Latin castellum (cistern).

Verb

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incastellate (third-person singular simple present incastellates, present participle incastellating, simple past and past participle incastellated)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To enclose (cisterns, fountains, etc.).
    • 1598, John Stow, A Suruay of London, page 233:
      Incastellated the same in sufficient cesternes.

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  • "† inˈcastellate | enˈcastellate, v.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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incastellate

  1. inflection of incastellare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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incastellate f pl

  1. feminine plural of incastellato