castellate
Meanings
Plural: castellates
Adj
- castle-like: built or shaped like a castle.
- Castled: having or furnished with castles.
- Housed or kept in a castle.
Verb
- To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building.
- To take the form of a castle.
Noun
- The district of a castle.
Origin / Etymology
From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified”), from castellum (“little fortification, castle”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix). Equivalent to Latin castellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix)
Synonyms
castellany, castle, encastellate, encastle, fortified, fortify, incastellate, incastellated, incastle
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