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castellate¹

  • /ˈkastələt/

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified” “made into a castle”), from castellum (“little fortification, castle”) + -ātus (forming participial adjectives). By surface analysis, Latin castellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or castle + -ate.

adjective more castellate · most castellate

  1. rare castle-like: built or shaped like a castle. ...The living porphyry, in towers around Grotesquely castellate...
  2. rare Castled: having or furnished with castles. ...Heights castellate...
  3. rare Housed or kept in a castle.

    Similar: castle, incastellated

castellate²

  • /ˈkastəleɪt/

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin castellō (“fortify”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

verb castellates · castellating · castellated

  1. transitive To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building. The citizen who castellates a Villa at Richmond...

    Similar: castle, incastle, encastle, incastellate, encastellate, fortify

  2. intransitive, rare To take the form of a castle. ...Clouds slowly castellating in a calm...

castellate³

  • /ˈkastələt/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin castellātus. By surface analysis, castle + -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank or office, the concrete charge of this office).

noun castellates

  1. historical, obsolete, rare The district of a castle. In the Castellate of Roger of Poictou...

    Similar: castellany, castlery

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@misc{castellate_2026,
  title = {castellate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/castellate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}