incastle

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verb

To add castles to a place.

Similar
fortify
OriginLatin incastellāre →
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Meanings

verbincastle (third-person singular simple present incastles, present participle incastling, simple past and past participle incastled)

present singular third person incastles · participle present incastling · participle past incastled · past incastled · alternative encastle · alternative incastell

  1. obsoleteTo add castles to a place.

    Meth was alredie meetlie well and indifferentlie fortified and incastelled.

    1587, John Hooker translating Gerald of Wales as the "Vaticinall Historie of the Conquest of Ireland" in Chronicles, Vol. III, 47/2

    Synonyms: fortify

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo add castles to a place.

Similar
fortify
Also see
castellate

Origin

  1. Latinincastellāre“to fortify, to incastle”
  2. Englishincastle

From Mediaeval Latin incastellāre (“to fortify, to incastle”), from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle”). Cognate with Italian incastellare and Old French encasteler.

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APA

incastle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incastle

MLA

“incastle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incastle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incastle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incastle.

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