embattled Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense
embattle.
- an embattled castle
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verb prepare for battle or conflict
embattle.
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adjective satellite prepared for battle
- an embattled city
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adjective satellite having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
castellated; battlemented; castled.
- a crenelated molding
WordNet
Em*bat"tled adjective
Definitions
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Having indentations like a battlement. Obs. Chaucer. -
(Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like. -
Having been the place of battle; J. Baillie.as, an .embattled plain or field
