incastle en · VERB
Etymology
From Mediaeval Latin incastellāre (“to fortify, to incastle”), from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle”). Cognate with Italian incastellare and Old French encasteler.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To add castles to a place.
Meth was alredie meetlie well and indifferentlie fortified and incastelled.
1587, John Hooker translating Gerald of Wales as the "Vaticinall Historie of the Conquest of Ireland" in Chronicles, Vol. III, 47/2
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| incastled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| incastled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| encastle | alternative | lexicographic | |
| incastles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| incastell | alternative | lexicographic | |
| incastling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |