crenellate

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English

Etymology

From French créneler (“to defend with crenels, make crenelated, crenelate”) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). Créneler is derived from crenel (“crenel, embrasure (modern French créneau)”) +‎ -er (forms verbs of the first conjugation)), further from crene (“notch”) +‎ -el (diminutive-forming sufix), perhaps related to Latin crēna (“incision; notch”) or of gaulish origin.[1] Equivalent to crenel +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

Verb

crenellate (third-person singular simple present crenellates, present participle crenellating, simple past and past participle crenellated)

  1. To furnish with crenelles.
  2. To indent; to notch.

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References

  1. ^ Compare “crenellate | crenelate, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1893; “crenellate, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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