incastle
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Verb[edit]
incastle (third-person singular simple present incastles, present participle incastling, simple past and past participle incastled)
- (obsolete) To add castles to a place.
- 1587, John Hooker translating Gerald of Wales as the "Vaticinall Historie of the Conquest of Ireland" in Chronicles, Vol. III, 47/2:
- Meth was alredie meetlie well and indifferentlie fortified and incastelled.
- 1587, John Hooker translating Gerald of Wales as the "Vaticinall Historie of the Conquest of Ireland" in Chronicles, Vol. III, 47/2:
Synonyms[edit]
- See fortify
References[edit]
- "† in'castle, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.