encastellate en · VERB
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, obsolete, transitive) Alternative form of incastellate: to make into a castle.
alt of incastellate
The Auncient mannor place at Arkland he did encastellate.
1601, Francis Godwin, A Catalogue of the Bishops of England since the First Planting of Christian Religion in This Island, page 522:...Began first to encastellate it...
a. 1552, John Leland, Itinerary, volume I, page 61:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| encastellates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| encastellated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| encastellated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| encastellating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |