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Definition of Embattling
1. embattle [v] - See also: embattle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embattling
Literary usage of Embattling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"... have been taught,1 until they have confirmed and solidly united the whole body
of their perfected knowledge, like the last embattling of a Roman legion. ..."
2. Standard English Prose: Bacon to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1902)
"The last embattling, etc. The reference appears to be to the Roman ... In the "last
embattling" those who had been in the advance would thus be in the rear. ..."
3. The American Historical Magazine by Publishing Society of New York, Americana Society (1908)
"... for embattling; especially when a figure such as a fesse is embattled on both
sides, ... For embattling, the Latins used the word pennatus, penne.s, ..."
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