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Webster 1913 Edition
Embattle
Em-bat′tle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Embattled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Embattling
.] To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
One in bright arms
embattled
full strong. Spenser.
Here once the
And fired the shot heard round the world.
embattled
farmers stoodAnd fired the shot heard round the world.
Emerson.
Em-bat′tle
,Verb.
I.
To be arrayed for battle.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Embattle
EMBAT'TLE
,Verb.
T.
On their embattled ranks the waves return.
1.
To furnish with battlements.EMBAT'TLE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
embattle
embattle
English
Verb
embattle (third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled)
- (transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
- (intransitive) To be arrayed for battle.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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.
Verb
embattle (third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled)
- (transitive) to furnish with battlements; give the form of battlements to
- to embattle a wall
Derived terms
Noun
embattle (plural embattles)
- (heraldry) a merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement