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castellating

castellating is the present participle and gerund of castellate.

Meaning of castellate

Verb

castellate (third-person singular simple present castellates, present participle castellating, simple past and past participle castellated)

  1. (transitive) To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building.
    • The citizen who castellates a Villa at Richmond...1840, Henry Taylor, chapter XX, in Autobiography, volume I, page 321
  2. (intransitive, rare) To take the form of a castle.
    • ...Clouds slowly castellating in a calm...1831, Unimore, John Wilson, i.77

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Questions about castellating

What is castellating the present participle and gerund of?
Castellating is the present participle and gerund of castellate.

Words near castellating in the dictionary

  1. castellated
  2. castellated nut
  3. castellated nuts
  4. castellates
  5. castellati
  6. castellating
  7. castellation
  8. castellations
  9. castellatus
  10. casteller
  11. castellers

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