Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To prepare for battle; array.
- v. To furnish with battlements for defense.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To prepare or array for battle; arrange in order of battle.
- To form in order of battle.
- To furnish with battlements; give the form of battlements to: used chiefly in the past participle.
- n. In heraldry, a merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement. See cut under battlement.
Wiktionary
- v. To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
- v. obsolete To be arrayed for battle.
- v. To furnish with battlements.
WordNet 3.0
- v. prepare for battle or conflict
- v. fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense
Etymologies
- From Old French embataillier; pref. em- (Latin in) + French bataille, battle. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English embataillen, from Old French embataillier : en-, in; see en-1 + bataillier, to battle (from bataille, battle; see battle). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“In Afghanistan, the Taliban was removed from power, but it was done in a way that leaves them on the map, continuing to embattle the government we installed to replace them, and our primary focus, the top echelon of the Al Qaida terrorist ring, continues to elude capture.”
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“Against her Napoleon now prepared to embattle the might of his vast Empire.”
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