embattle
(verb) prepare for battle or conflict
embattle
(verb) fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense; “an embattled castle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
embattle (third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled)
(transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle
to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
(intransitive) To be arrayed for battle.
• (to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle): fortify
embattle (third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled)
(transitive) to furnish with battlements; give the form of battlements to
embattle (plural embattles)
(heraldry) a merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bat"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embattling.] Etym: [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.]
Definition: To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. One in bright arms embattled full strong. Spenser. Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. Emerson.
Em*bat"tle, v. i.
Definition: To be arrayed for battle. [Obs.]
Em*bat"tle, v. t. Etym: [See Battlement.]
Definition: To furnish with battlements. "Embattled house." Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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