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cren⋅el⋅ate

   [kren-l-eyt]
verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to furnish with crenels or battlements.
–adjective
2. crenelated.
Also, especially British, cren⋅el⋅late.

Origin:
1815–25; < F crénel(er) to crenelate (see crenel ) + -ate 1
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crenelate

verb
supply with battlements [syn: crenel] 

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Crenelate

Cren"el*ate\ (kr?n"?l-?t or kr?"n?l-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crenelated (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crenelating (-?`t?ng).] [LL. crenellare, kernellare: cf. F. cr?neler to indent. See Crenelle.] [Written also crenellate.]

1. To furnish with crenelles.

2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.

Crenelated molding (Arch.), a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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