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embattle

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Verb (transitive)
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em=bat=tle

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb embattle has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

embattlev. t. [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.].
     To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.  [1913 Webster]
    "One in bright arms embattled full strong."  [1913 Webster]
    "Here once the embattled farmers stood
    And fired the shot heard round the world.
    "  [1913 Webster]
embattlev. i. 
     To be arrayed for battle.  [1913 Webster]
embattlev. t. [See Battlement.].
     To furnish with battlements.  Wordsworth.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

embattle, v.tr.
1 a set (an army etc.) in battle array. b fortify against attack.
2 provide (a building or wall) with battlements.
3 (as embattled adj.) a prepared or arrayed for battle. b involved in a conflict or difficult undertaking. c Heraldry like battlements in form.

Etymology
ME f. OF embataillier (as EN-(1), BATTLE): see BATTLEMENT

THESAURUS

embattle

arm, armor, armor-plate, bank, barricade, battle, blockade, bulwark, castellate, crenellate, dig in, entrench, fence, fortify, garrison, man, man the garrison, mine, palisade, wall
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