Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to embattle
Participle: embattled
Gerund: embattling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | embattle |
| you | embattle |
| he;she;it | embattles |
| we | embattle |
| you | embattle |
| they | embattle |
Perfect
| I | have embattled |
| you | have embattled |
| he;she;it | has embattled |
| we | have embattled |
| you | have embattled |
| they | have embattled |
Past
| I | embattled |
| you | embattled |
| he;she;it | embattled |
| we | embattled |
| you | embattled |
| they | embattled |
Pluperfect
| I | had embattled |
| you | had embattled |
| he;she;it | had embattled |
| we | had embattled |
| you | had embattled |
| they | had embattled |
Future
| I | will embattle |
| you | will embattle |
| he;she;it | will embattle |
| we | will embattle |
| you | will embattle |
| they | will embattle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have embattled |
| you | will have embattled |
| he;she;it | will have embattled |
| we | will have embattled |
| you | will have embattled |
| they | will have embattled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | embattle |
| you | embattle |
| he;she;it | embattle |
| we | embattle |
| you | embattle |
| they | embattle |
Perfect
| I | have embattled |
| you | have embattled |
| he;she;it | have embattled |
| we | have embattled |
| you | have embattled |
| they | have embattled |
Imperfect
| I | embattled |
| you | embattled |
| he;she;it | embattled |
| we | embattled |
| you | embattled |
| they | embattled |
Pluperfect
| I | had embattled |
| you | had embattled |
| he;she;it | had embattled |
| we | had embattled |
| you | had embattled |
| they | had embattled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would embattle |
| you | would embattle |
| he;she;it | would embattle |
| we | would embattle |
| you | would embattle |
| they | would embattle |
Perfect
| I | would have embattled |
| you | would have embattled |
| he;she;it | would have embattled |
| we | would have embattled |
| you | would have embattled |
| they | would have embattled |
Imperative
| you | embattle |
| we | Let's embattle |
| you | embattle |
Verbs conjugated like 'embattle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'embattle'
embottle,
battle,
embale,
embathe,
embrittle,
emmantle,
berattle,
bespattle,
betwattle,
bottle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1393, "prepare for a fight," from O.Fr.
embataillier "to prepare for battle," from
en- +
bataille (see battle). Originally of armies; of individuals as well since 1596 (first attested in Spenser).
Embattled "under attack" is from 1961.
2. From Middle English enbatelen, embatailen, from Old French embataillier (“to array for battle”), from em- (Latin in) + bataille (“battle”). See: Old French '
embataillier'.
Sample Sentences
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In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts. But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause — such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy ? [1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter XXV, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 124:]