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Adjective: embattled  im'ba-t(u)ld or em'ba-t(u)ld
  1. (of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict
    "the state legislature called for the embattled governor's resignation"
     
  2. Prepared for battle
    "an embattled city"
     
  3. Having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
    "an embattled moulding";
    - battlemented, castled, castellated, crenelated
Verb: embattle  im'ba-t(u)l or em'ba-t(u)l
  1. Prepare for battle or conflict
    "The kingdom embattled its forces along the border"
     
  2. Fortify by furnishing with battlements for defence
    "an embattled castle"

See also: fancy, prepared, troubled

Type of: devise, fort, fortify, get up, machinate, organise [Brit], organize, prepare

Encyclopedia: Embattled

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