Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to castle
Participle: castled
Gerund: castling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | castle |
| you | castle |
| he;she;it | castles |
| we | castle |
| you | castle |
| they | castle |
Perfect
| I | have castled |
| you | have castled |
| he;she;it | has castled |
| we | have castled |
| you | have castled |
| they | have castled |
Past
| I | castled |
| you | castled |
| he;she;it | castled |
| we | castled |
| you | castled |
| they | castled |
Pluperfect
| I | had castled |
| you | had castled |
| he;she;it | had castled |
| we | had castled |
| you | had castled |
| they | had castled |
Future
| I | will castle |
| you | will castle |
| he;she;it | will castle |
| we | will castle |
| you | will castle |
| they | will castle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have castled |
| you | will have castled |
| he;she;it | will have castled |
| we | will have castled |
| you | will have castled |
| they | will have castled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | castle |
| you | castle |
| he;she;it | castle |
| we | castle |
| you | castle |
| they | castle |
Perfect
| I | have castled |
| you | have castled |
| he;she;it | have castled |
| we | have castled |
| you | have castled |
| they | have castled |
Imperfect
| I | castled |
| you | castled |
| he;she;it | castled |
| we | castled |
| you | castled |
| they | castled |
Pluperfect
| I | had castled |
| you | had castled |
| he;she;it | had castled |
| we | had castled |
| you | had castled |
| they | had castled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would castle |
| you | would castle |
| he;she;it | would castle |
| we | would castle |
| you | would castle |
| they | would castle |
Perfect
| I | would have castled |
| you | would have castled |
| he;she;it | would have castled |
| we | would have castled |
| you | would have castled |
| they | would have castled |
Imperative
| you | castle |
| we | Let's castle |
| you | castle |
Verbs conjugated like 'castle'
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 'castle'
cantle,
assle,
baste,
battle,
bustle,
cable,
cackle,
cajole,
cample,
candle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
4. Proto-Indo-European *-trom
5. Proto-Indo-European *ḱstrom
6. Proto-Italic *kastrom
7. Latin castrum
8. Proto-Indo-European *-lós
9. Proto-Indo-European *-elós
10. Proto-Italic *-elos
11. Latin -lum
12. Latin castellumbor.
13. Proto-West Germanic *kastell
14. Old English castel
15. Middle English castel
16. English castle
17. From Middle English castle, castel, from late Old English castel, castell (“a town, village”), borrowed from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”), diminutive of Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”). Doublet of cashel, castell, castellum, and château.
18. Parallel borrowings (from Late Latin or Old French) are Scots castel, castell (“castle”), West Frisian kastiel (“castle”), Dutch kasteel (“castle”), German Kastell (“castle”), Danish kastel (“citadel”), Swedish kastell (“citadel”), Icelandic kastali (“castle”), Welsh castell.
19. The late Old English word was borrowed from biblical Latin castellum which has been translated as town or village. With the sense of castle, from Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French castel (“castle”), itself from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”) (compare modern French château from Old French chastel). If Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”) is from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“hut, shed”), Latin casa (“cottage, hut”) is related. Possibly related also to Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌸𐌾𐍉 (hēþjō, “chamber”), Old English heaþor (“restraint, confinement, enclosure, prison”). See also casino, cassock.
Sample Sentences
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...to encastle, to Castle. [1611, John Florio, Queen Anna's New World of Words, s.v. "Castellare"]
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...Some fierce tribe, castled on the mountain-peak... [1871, Robert Browning, Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society, section 116:]
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Castle me in the armes of thy everlasting strength. [1655, William Gurnall, The Christian in Compleat Armour, 1st Pt., 32]
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He [i.e., the king] may change (or Castle) with this Rooke, that is, he may goe two draughts at once towards this Rooke... causing the Rooke to stand next to him on either side. [1656, Gioachino Greco, translated by Francis Beale, The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, Being the Study of Biochimo, page 8:]
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No. 24. ¶ If your adversary make a false move, castle improperly, &c., you must take notice of such irregularity before you move, or even touch a piece, or you are no longer allowed to inflict any penalties. [1835, William Lewis, Chess for Beginners, Ch. 5, p. 24:]
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If a player having the move: […] touches his/her king and a rook he/she must castle on that side if it is legal to do so [2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 9:]
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And the 23-year-old brought the crowd to their feet when he castled Gayle's stumps, signalling the direction of the pavilion to his friend for good measure. [2009, “Lightning Bolt Blows Over Gayle”, in BBC Sport:]
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He bowled Vinay with a full, straight ball that castled off stump and then dished up a yorker that RP Singh backed away to and sent onto his stumps. [2011, Firdose Moonda, “A Day for Missed Hat-tricks”, in ESPNcricinfo:]