"incastellate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: incastellates [present, singular, third-person], incastellating [participle, present], incastellated [participle, past], incastellated [past], encastellate [alternative]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin incastellātus (“fortified, incastled, incastellate”), from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle”). Equivalent to incastle + -ate and cognate with Italian incastellare. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|incastellātus||fortified, incastled, incastellate}} Medieval Latin incastellātus (“fortified, incastled, incastellate”), {{cog|it|incastellare}} Italian incastellare Head templates: {{en-verb}} incastellate (third-person singular simple present incastellates, present participle incastellating, simple past and past participle incastellated)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To make into a castle. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-incastellate-en-verb-AIEDRqLZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: incastellates [present, singular, third-person], incastellating [participle, present], incastellated [participle, past], incastellated [past], encastellate [alternative]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin castellum (“cistern”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|castellum||cistern}} Latin castellum (“cistern”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} incastellate (third-person singular simple present incastellates, present participle incastellating, simple past and past participle incastellated)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To enclose (cisterns, fountains, etc.). Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-incastellate-en-verb-m4QQemlg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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