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▪ I. castellate, v.|ˈkæstəleɪt|
[f. med.L. castellāre to build or fortify as a castle, f. castellum castle: see -ate3.]
a. trans. To build in the manner of a castle; to build with battlements.
b. intr. (nonce-use.) To grow into a castle.
1831J. Wilson Unimore i. 77 Clouds slowly castellating in a calm. 1840H. Taylor Autobiog. (1885) I. xx. 321 The citizen who castellates a Villa at Richmond.
▪ II. † ˈcastellate, n. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. med.L. castellāt-us ‘castellaniæ districtus’ (Du Cange).]
The district belonging to a castle.
1809Bawdwen tr. Domesday Bk. 230 In the Castellate of Roger of Poictou.
▪ III. ˈcastellate, a. rare.
[ad. med.L. castellāt-us, fortified as a castle: see next.]
= castellated.
1830W. Phillips Sinai i. 212 The living porphyry, in towers around Grotesquely castellate. 1834Disraeli Rev. Epick ii. xix, Heights castellate. |