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embattailed

embattailed is the simple past and past participle of embattail.

Meaning of embattail

Verb

embattail (third-person singular simple present embattails, present participle embattailing, simple past and past participle embattailed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To embattle (furnish with, or as if with, battlements)
    • The glorious standard last to heav'n they spread, / With Peter's keys ennobled, and his crown, // With it seven thousand stout Camillo had, / Embattailed in walls of iron brown.1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), Jerusalem Delivered, Tasso, Book I, lxiv

Questions about embattailed

What is embattailed the simple past and past participle of?
Embattailed is the simple past and past participle of embattail.

Words near embattailed in the dictionary

  1. embathe
  2. embathed
  3. embathes
  4. embathing
  5. embattail
  6. embattailed
  7. embattailing
  8. embattails
  9. embatteled
  10. embattle
  11. embattled

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