acastillar

From a- +‎ castillo +‎ -ar.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cas‧ti‧llar

acastillar (first-person singular present acastillo, first-person singular preterite acastillé, past participle acastillado)

1. to house, house in a castle, keep in a castle
   • 1839, Félix González de León, Noticia historica del origen de los nombres de las calles de esta M.N.M.L.Y.M.H. ciudad de Sevilla:

     En esta época cada familia se acastillaba en sus casas y aun en los templos (como ya he referido en otros lugares de esta obra) ó cuyo fin fabricaban estas torres, y las guarnecian de armas.

     At this time, each family was housed in their homes and even in the temples (as I have already mentioned elsewhere in this work) or for whose purpose these towers were manufactured, and they were equipped with weapons.

2. (transitive) to castellate, incastellate, to make into a castle, to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building
   • 1785, Gaspar de Molina y Saldívar, Reflexiones sobre la arquitectura, ornato y musica del templo, page 326:

     Llaman acastillar colocar la cañonería de modo, que los cañones mas largos ocupen el medio, y disminuyan hácia los extremos.

     They call castellation the placing of the cannons so that the longer cannons occupy the middle, and decrease toward the ends.

   • 1942, Luis Enrique Azarola Gil, Apellidos de la patria vieja, page 176:

     Se acastilló en las virtudes y costumbres tradicionales, y fundó su hogar en unión de doña Pilar Carro, hija del capitán Juan Carro y de doña Rosa Costales, con descendencia: […]

     He settled down in traditional virtues and customs, and founded his home together with Doña Pilar Carro, daughter of Captain Juan Carro and Doña Rosa Costales, and offspring:

3. (intransitive) to take the form of a castle