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n. Obsolete form of bastille.

n. A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.

n. “The Bastille”, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.

n. A bridge-tower, gate-tower, outlying defense, or citadel.

n. In French history, a fortress used as a state prison.

n. Hence By extension, any prison, especially one conducted in an arbitrary or oppressive way.

n. A movable tower used by the besiegers of a strong place, whether for approaching the walls (see belfry) or as a defense and protection for the besiegers.

To confine in a bastile; imprison.

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