Em*bas"tard*ize (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + bastardize.] To bastardize. [Obs.]

Em*bathe" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + bathe. Cf. Imbathe.] To bathe; to imbathe.

Em*bat"tail (?), v. t. [See Embattle.] To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements. [Archaic]

To embattail and to wall about thy cause

With iron-worded proof.

Tennyson.

Em*bat"tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embattling (?).] [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.] To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.

One in bright arms embattled full strong.

Spenser.

Here once the embattled farmers stood

And fired the shot heard round the world.

Emerson.

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