incastellate

English

Alternative forms

• encastellate

Etymology 1

From Mediaeval Latin incastellātus (“fortified, incastled, incastellate”), from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle”). Equivalent to incastle + -ate and cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian incastellare.

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make into a castle.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin castellum (“cistern”).

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To enclose (cisterns, fountains, etc.).
   • 1598, John Stow, A Suruay of London, page 233:

     Incastellated the same in sufficient cesternes.

References

• "† inˈcastellate | enˈcastellate, v.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Italian

Verb

incastellate

1. second-person plural present indicative of incastellare
2. second-person plural imperative of incastellare
3. feminine plural of incastellato