Embattle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embattle \Em*bat"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embattled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Embattling}.] [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) +
     F. bataille battle. See {Battle}, and cf. {Battlement}.]
     To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to
     prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
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           One in bright arms embattled full strong. --Spenser.
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           Here once the embattled farmers stood
           And fired the shot heard round the world. --Emerson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embattle \Em*bat"tle\, v. i.
     To be arrayed for battle. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embattle \Em*bat"tle\, v. t. [See {Battlement}.]
     To furnish with battlements. "Embattled house." --Wordsworth.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "embattle":
     arm, armor, armor-plate, bank, barricade, battle, blockade,
     bulwark, castellate, crenellate, dig in, entrench, fence, fortify,
     garrison, man, man the garrison, mine, palisade, wall