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  • The embattled farmer stood

    Whatever happened to the original use of the word ''embattled''? Remember? I'm no usage scold, but this was an adjective known to every schoolchild ever taught a famous bit of patriotic poetry. Embattled back in the day meant not ''battered by battle'' as it now seems to, but ''READY for battle.'' ''By the rude bridge that arched the ...
    Posted to Politics by Christopher58 on March 24, 2009