different between embottle vs embattle

English

Etymology

em- +? bottle

Verb

embottle (third-person singular simple present embottles, present participle embottling, simple past and past participle embottled)

1. (transitive, dated) To bottle; to place in a bottle.

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?bætl?/

Etymology 1

From Middle English enbatelen, embatailen, from Old French embataillier (“to array for battle”), from em- (Latin in) + bataille (“battle”).

Verb

embattle (third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled)

1. (transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle
2. to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
3. (intransitive) To be arrayed for battle.

Synonyms

• (to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle): fortify

Derived terms

• embattled

Etymology 2

From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- +? + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste.

Verb

embattle (third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled)

1. (transitive) to furnish with battlements; give the form of battlements to

   to embattle a wall

Derived terms

• embattled

Noun

embattle (plural embattles)

1. (heraldry) a merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement