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incastle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-cas-tle
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To add castles to a place.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Mediaeval Latin incastellāre (“to fortify, to incastle”), from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle”). Cognate with Italian incastellare and Old French encasteler.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: incastellare

Usage

Inflected Forms

incastles (present, singular) incastling (participle, present) incastled (participle, past) incastled (past) encastle (alternative) incastell (alternative)

Synonyms

fortify

Questions

What does incastle mean?
To add castles to a place.
Where does incastle come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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