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embattle 音標拼音: [ɛmb'ætəl] vt. 列陣,布陣,整軍備戰,嚴陣以待 列陣,布陣,整軍備戰,嚴陣以待 embattle v 1: fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense; " an embattled castle" 2: prepare for battle or conflictEmbattle \ Em* bat" tle\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Embattled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Embattling}.] [ OF. embataillier; pref. em- ( L. in) F. bataille battle. See { Battle}, and cf. { Battlement}.] To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. [ 1913 Webster] One in bright arms embattled full strong. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. -- Emerson. [ 1913 Webster]
Embattle \ Em* bat" tle\, v. i. To be arrayed for battle. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster]
Embattle \ Em* bat" tle\, v. t. [ See { Battlement}.] To furnish with battlements. " Embattled house." -- Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster] 20 Moby Thesaurus words for " embattle": arm, armor, armor- plate, bank, barricade, battle, blockade, bulwark, castellate, crenellate, dig in, entrench, fence, fortify, garrison, man, man the garrison, mine, palisade, wall
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