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incastellating

incastellating is the present participle and gerund of incastellate.

Meaning of incastellate

Verb

incastellate (third-person singular simple present incastellates, present participle incastellating, simple past and past participle incastellated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make into a castle.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose a well or cistern with masonry.
    • Sir William Estfild, knight of the Bath, Mayor, 1438. a great benefactor to that church, vnder a fayre monument, hee also builded steeple, changed their old Bels into 5. tunable bels, and gaue one hundred poundes to other workes of that church. Moreouer hee caused the Conduit in Aldermanbury which...1598, John Stow, A Suruay of London, page 233
    Synonyms:
    stean

Questions about incastellating

What is incastellating the present participle and gerund of?
Incastellating is the present participle and gerund of incastellate.

Words near incastellating in the dictionary

  1. incasking
  2. incasks
  3. incastellate
  4. incastellated
  5. incastellates
  6. incastellating
  7. incastle
  8. incastled
  9. incastles
  10. incastling
  11. incatenate

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