"castellate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkastələt/ Forms: more castellate [comparative], most castellate [superlative]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified”), from castellum (“little fortification, castle”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix). Equivalent to Latin castellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|castellātus|t=fortified}} Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified”), {{af|la|castellum|-ātus|alt2=-ātus, -āta, -ātum|nocat=1|pos2=participial adjective-forming suffix|t1=little fortification, castle}} castellum (“little fortification, castle”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix), {{af|en|castellum|-ate|id2=adjective|lang1=la|pos2=adjective-forming suffix}} Latin castellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adjective}} castellate (comparative more castellate, superlative most castellate)
  1. (rare) castle-like: built or shaped like a castle. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-castellate-en-adj-LowNKiSX
  2. (rare) Castled: having or furnished with castles. Tags: rare Synonyms (furnished with castles): fortified
    Sense id: en-castellate-en-adj-ZbGYBgk2 Disambiguation of 'furnished with castles': 7 81 12
  3. (rare) Housed or kept in a castle. Tags: rare Synonyms: castle, incastellated Synonyms (made into a castle): fortified
    Sense id: en-castellate-en-adj-WfCNGCYI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective), English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 49 4 44 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective): 6 10 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office): 3 5 41 13 36 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 2 48 4 43 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 50 3 43 1 Disambiguation of 'made into a castle': 20 9 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkastələt/ Forms: castellates [plural]
Etymology: From Latin castellum + -ate (forms noun denoting a rank or office, here the concrete charge of this office). Etymology templates: {{af|en|castellum|-ate|id2=rank or office|lang1=la|pos2=forms noun denoting a rank or office, here the concrete charge of this office}} Latin castellum + -ate (forms noun denoting a rank or office, here the concrete charge of this office) Head templates: {{en-noun}} castellate (plural castellates)
  1. (historical, rare, obsolete) The district of a castle. Tags: historical, obsolete, rare Synonyms: castellany
    Sense id: en-castellate-en-noun-n4TmST8Q Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office): 3 5 41 13 36 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈkastəleɪt/ Forms: castellates [present, singular, third-person], castellating [participle, present], castellated [participle, past], castellated [past]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin castellō (“fortify”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|castellō|-ate|id2=verb|lang1=ML.|pos2=verb-forming suffix|t1=fortify}} Medieval Latin castellō (“fortify”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} castellate (third-person singular simple present castellates, present participle castellating, simple past and past participle castellated)
  1. (transitive) To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-castellate-en-verb-S5n4JsaZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 49 4 44 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office): 3 5 41 13 36 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 2 48 4 43 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 50 3 43 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 84 16
  2. (intransitive, rare) To take the form of a castle. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-castellate-en-verb-J~4eRdAB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: castle, incastle, encastle, incastellate, encastellate, fortify Derived forms: decastellate Related terms: castellation
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "castellation"
    }
  ],
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        "English terms with quotations",
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        {
          "ref": "1840, Henry Taylor, chapter XX, in Autobiography, volume I, page 321:",
          "text": "The citizen who castellates a Villa at Richmond...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building."
      ],
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          "castle",
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        "(transitive) To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1831, Unimore, John Wilson, i.77:",
          "text": "...Clouds slowly castellating in a calm...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To take the form of a castle."
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        "(intransitive, rare) To take the form of a castle."
      ],
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        "intransitive",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkastəleɪt/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "castle"
    },
    {
      "word": "incastle"
    },
    {
      "word": "encastle"
    },
    {
      "word": "incastellate"
    },
    {
      "word": "encastellate"
    },
    {
      "word": "fortify"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office)",
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  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin castellum + -ate (forms noun denoting a rank or office, here the concrete charge of this office).",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1809, William Bawdwen translating the Domesday Book, p. 230",
          "text": "In the Castellate of Roger of Poictou..."
        }
      ],
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        "The district of a castle."
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        "(historical, rare, obsolete) The district of a castle."
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          "word": "castellany"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkastələt/"
    }
  ],
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}

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