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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Embattle \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. One in bright arms embattled full strong. --Spenser. Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. --Emerson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Embattled \Em*bat"tled\, a. 1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. (Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like 3. Having been the place of battle; as an embattled plain or field. --J. Baillie. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: embattled adj 1: beset with attackers or controversy or conflict; "embattled troops"; "an embattled governor" 2: prepared for battle; "an embattled city" 3: having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: {crenelated}, {crenelate}, {crenellated}, {crenellate}, {indented}]
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