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em⋅bat⋅tled

  [em-bat-ld]
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–adjective
1. disposed or prepared for battle.
2. engaged in or beset by conflict or struggle.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see embattle 1 , -ed 2 ; def. 2 prob. by assoc. with the general sense “restrict, enclose” of many verbs formed with em- 1 , en- 1

em⋅bat⋅tle

1  [em-bat-l]
–verb (used with object), -tled, -tling.
1. to arrange in order of battle; prepare for battle; arm.
2. to fortify (a town, camp, etc.).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME embatailen < MF embataillier. See em- 1 , battle 1

em⋅bat⋅tle

2  [em-bat-l]
–verb (used with object), -tled, -tling.
to furnish with battlements.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME embatailen. See em- 1 , battle 2
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em·bat·tle   (ěm-bāt'l)   
tr.v.   em·bat·tled, em·bat·tling, em·bat·tles
  1. To prepare for battle; array.
  2. To furnish with battlements for defense.

[Middle English embataillen, from Old French embataillier : en-, in; see en-1 + bataillier, to battle (from bataille, battle; see battle).]
em·bat·tled   (ěm-bāt'ld)   
adj.  
  1. Prepared or fortified for battle or engaged in battle: embattled troops; an embattled city.
  2. Beset with attackers, criticism, or controversy: an embattled legislative minority.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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