castellate
English
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Noun
castellate (plural castellates)
- (historical, rare, obsolete) The district of a castle.
- 1809, William Bawdwen translating the Domesday Book, p. 230:
- In the Castellate of Roger of Poictou...
- Synonym: castellany
- 1809, William Bawdwen translating the Domesday Book, p. 230:
Adjective
castellate (comparative more castellate, superlative most castellate)
- (rare) castle-like: built or shaped like a castle.
- 1830, William Phillips, Mt. Sinai, i.212:
- ...The living porphyry, in towers around
Grotesquely castellate...
- ...The living porphyry, in towers around
- 1830, William Phillips, Mt. Sinai, i.212:
- (rare) Castled: having or furnished with castles.
- 1864, Benjamin Disraeli, Revolutionary Epick, ii.xix.103:
- ...Heights castellate...
- 1864, Benjamin Disraeli, Revolutionary Epick, ii.xix.103:
- (rare) Housed or kept in a castle.
- Synonyms: castle, incastellated
Synonyms
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Verb
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- (transitive) To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building.
- 1840, Henry Taylor, Autobiography, Vol. I, Ch. xx, p. 321:
- The citizen who castellates a Villa at Richmond...
- 1840, Henry Taylor, Autobiography, Vol. I, Ch. xx, p. 321:
- (intransitive, rare) To take the form of a castle.
- 1831, John Wilson, Unimore, i.77:
- ...Clouds slowly castellating in a calm...
- 1831, John Wilson, Unimore, i.77:
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Related terms
References
- "↑ 'castellate, n.", "'castellate, adj.", "castellate, v.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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