"bastile" meaning in English

See bastile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bastiles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bastile (plural bastiles)
  1. Obsolete spelling of bastille. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: bastille
    Sense id: en-bastile-en-noun-mfdTqZQ8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51

Verb

Forms: bastiles [present, singular, third-person], bastiling [participle, present], bastiled [participle, past], bastiled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} bastile (third-person singular simple present bastiles, present participle bastiling, simple past and past participle bastiled)
  1. Obsolete spelling of bastille. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: bastille
    Sense id: en-bastile-en-verb-mfdTqZQ8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51

Inflected forms

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