munite
English
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin mūnīre (“to wall round, fortify”), earlier moenīre, from moenia (“walls”).
Verb
munite (third-person singular simple present munites, present participle muniting, simple past and past participle munited)
- (obsolete) To fortify, strengthen. [16th-19th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:, I.47:
- being in his owne Countrie, and amidst good friends, he had the better leasure to re-enforce his decayed forces, and more opportunity, to strengthen Townes, to munite Castles, to store Rivers with all necessaries they wanted […].
-
Anagrams
Italian
Adjective
munite f pl
- Feminine plural of adjective munito.
Verb
munite
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
mūnīte
- second-person plural present active imperative of mūniō
References
- munite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- munite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.