incastellate

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incastellate

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First attested in 1552; borrowed from Medieval Latin incastellātus, perfect passive participle of incastellō (“to fortify, incastle, incastellate”) from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle; cistern”). Cognate with Italian incastellare.

verb incastellates · incastellating · incastellated · encastellate

obsolete, transitive To make into a castle.
obsolete, transitive To enclose a well or cistern with masonry. Sir William Estfild, knight of the Bath, Mayor, 1438. a great benefactor to that church, vnder a fayre monument, hee also builded steeple, changed their old Bels into 5. tunable bels, and gaue one hundred poundes to other workes of that church. Moreouer hee caused the Conduit in Aldermanbury which h
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@misc{incastellate_2026,
  title = {incastellate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incastellate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}