embattled

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embattled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           One in bright arms embattled full strong. --Spenser.
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           Here once the embattled farmers stood
           And fired the shot heard round the world. --Emerson.
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  Embattled \Em*bat"tled\, a.
     1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. (Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of
        a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.
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     3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or
        field. --J. Baillie.
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embattled - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  embattled
      adj 1: prepared for battle; "an embattled city"
      2: having or resembling repeated square indentations like those
         in a battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: embattled,
         battlemented, castled, castellated]