embattle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛmˈbætl̩/

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Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English enbatelen, embatailen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French embataillier (“to array for battle”), from em- (Latin in) + bataille (“battle”).

Verb

embattle (third-person singular simple present embattl, present participle ing, simple past and past participle embattled)

1. (transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle
2. to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
3. (intransitive) To be arrayed for battle.

Derived terms

• embattled

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 embattl, present participle ing, simple past and past participle embattled)

1. (transitive) to furnish with battlements; give the form of battlements to

   to embattle a wall

Derived terms

• embattled

Noun

embattle (plural embattles)

1. (heraldry) a merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “embattle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)