embattle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EMBAT'TLE, verb transitive [en and battle.] To arrange in order of battle; to array troops for battle. On their embattled ranks the waves return. 1. To furnish with battlements. EMBAT'TLE, verb intransitive To be ranged in order of battle.
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