incastellate

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Mediaeval Latin incastellātus (fortified, incastled, incastellate), from in- (in-: make into) + castellum (little fortification, castle). Equivalent to incastle + -ate and cognate with Italian incastellare.

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.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin castellum (cistern).

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.).
    • 1598, John Stow, A Suruay of London, page 233:
      Incastellated the same in sufficient cesternes.

References

  • "† inˈcastellate | enˈcastellate, v.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Italian

Verb

incastellate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of incastellare
  2. second-person plural imperative of incastellare
  3. feminine plural of incastellato
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