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incastle

incastle verb: to add castles to a place.

Verb

incastle (third-person singular simple present incastles, present participle incastling, simple past and past participle incastled)

  1. (obsolete) To add castles to a place.
    • Meth was alredie meetlie well and indifferentlie fortified and incastelled.1587, John Hooker translating Gerald of Wales as the "Vaticinall Historie of the Conquest of Ireland" in Chronicles, Vol. III, 47/2
    Synonyms:
    fortify

Synonyms of incastle

Forms of incastle

third-person singular presentincastles
present participleincastling
past participleincastled
pastincastled
alternative formencastle
alternative formincastell

Origin of incastle

From Mediaeval Latin incastellāre (“to fortify, to incastle”), from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle”). Cognate with Italian incastellare and Old French encasteler.

Questions about incastle

What does incastle mean?
Incastle means to add castles to a place.
What part of speech is incastle?
Incastle is a verb.
What is the past tense of incastle?
The past tense of incastle is incastled.

Words near incastle in the dictionary

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

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