incastle

== English == === Alternative forms === encastle, incastell (obsolete) === Etymology === From Mediaeval Latin incastellāre (“to fortify, to incastle”), from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle”). Cognate with Italian incastellare and Old French encasteler. === Verb === incastle (third-person singular simple present incastles, present participle incastling, simple past and past participle incastled) (obsolete) To add castles to a place. 1587, John Hooker translating Gerald of Wales as the "Vaticinall Historie of the Conquest of Ireland" in Chronicles, Vol. III, 47/2: Meth was alredie meetlie well and indifferentlie fortified and incastelled. ==== Synonyms ==== See fortify === References === "† in'castle, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press. === Anagrams === canistel, lensatic