incastellate
English
Alternative forms
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
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- (transitive, obsolete) To make into a castle.
Etymology 2
From Medieval Latin castellum (“cistern”).
Verb
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- (transitive, obsolete) To enclose (cisterns, fountains, etc.).
- 1598, John Stow, A Suruay of London, page 233:
- Incastellated the same in sufficient cesternes.
- 1598, John Stow, A Suruay of London, page 233:
References
- "† inˈcastellate | enˈcastellate, v.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Italian
Verb
incastellate