incastellate
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editincastellate (third-person singular simple present incastellates, present participle incastellating, simple past and past participle incastellated)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make into a castle.
Etymology 2
editFrom Medieval Latin castellum (“cistern”).
Verb
editincastellate (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
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editincastellate
- inflection of incastellare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editincastellate f pl