Meaning of EMBATTLED
| Pronunciation: | | em'batld
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- [adj] having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"
- [adj] prepared for battle; "an embattled city"
- [adj] beset with attackers or controversy or conflict; "embattled troops"; "an embattled governor"
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| | Synonyms: | | crenelate, crenelated, crenellate, crenellated, fancy, indented, insecure, prepared, unsafe |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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