embattle

Other forms: embattled; embattling

Definitions of embattle
  1. verb
    prepare for battle or conflict
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    type of:
    devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare
    arrange by systematic planning and united effort
  2. verb
    fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense
    “an embattled castle”
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    type of:
    fort, fortify
    enclose by or as if by walls around a stronghold
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