embattle

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɛmˈbæ.təl/, /ɪmˈbæ.təl/ (regional US) IPA(key): [əmˈbæ.ɾəl] (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛmˈbæt.əl/, /ɪmˈbæt.əl/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English enbatelen, embatailen, from Old French embataillier (“to array for battle”), from em- (Latin in) + bataille (“battle”). ==== Verb ==== embattle (third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled) (transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle. To prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. (intransitive) To be arrayed for battle. ===== Synonyms ===== (to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle): fortify ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- +‎ + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste. ==== Verb ==== embattle (third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled) (transitive) To furnish with battlements; to give the form of battlements to. ===== Derived terms ===== embattled ==== Noun ==== embattle (plural embattles) (heraldry) A merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement. === Further reading === “embattle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === References ===