verb
Meaning 1
To make into a castle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
incastellate
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verb
Meaning 2
To enclose a well or cistern with masonry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stean
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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.