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castellate

adj
/ˈkastələt//ˈkastəleɪt/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from castellātus — “fortified” “made into a castle”

Definitions

  1. castle-like

    castle-like: built or shaped like a castle.

    • ...The living porphyry, in towers around Grotesquely castellate...

  2. Castled

    Castled: having or furnished with castles.

    • ...Heights castellate...

  3. Housed or kept in a castle.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To make into a castle

      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...

    2. To take the form of a castle.

      • ...Clouds slowly castellating in a calm...

    3. The district of a castle.

      • In the Castellate of Roger of Poictou...

The neighborhood

Derived

decastellate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA