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Embattle (gcide) | Embattle \Em*bat"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Embattling.] [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) +
F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.]
To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to
prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
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One in bright arms embattled full strong. --Spenser.
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Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world. --Emerson.
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Embattle (gcide) | Embattle \Em*bat"tle\, v. i.
To be arrayed for battle. [Obs.]
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Embattle (gcide) | Embattle \Em*bat"tle\, v. t. [See Battlement.]
To furnish with battlements. "Embattled house." --Wordsworth.
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embattle (wn) | embattle
v 1: fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense; "an
embattled castle"
2: prepare for battle or conflict |
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embattled (encz) | embattled,připravený bojovat Zdeněk Brožembattled,v pohotovosti Zdeněk Brož |
Embattled (gcide) | Embattle \Em*bat"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Embattling.] [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) +
F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.]
To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to
prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
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One in bright arms embattled full strong. --Spenser.
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Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world. --Emerson.
[1913 Webster]Embattled \Em*bat"tled\, a.
1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. (Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of
a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.
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3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or
field. --J. Baillie.
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Embattlement (gcide) | Embattlement \Em*bat"tle*ment\, n.
1. An intended parapet; a battlement.
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2. The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of
battlements.
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embattle (wn) | embattle
v 1: fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense; "an
embattled castle"
2: prepare for battle or conflict |
embattled (wn) | embattled
adj 1: prepared for battle; "an embattled city"
2: having or resembling repeated square indentations like those
in a battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: embattled,
battlemented, castled, castellated] |
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