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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Circumvallate

Circumvallate \Cir`cum*val"late\, v. t. [L. circumvallatus, p. p. of circumvallare to surround with a wall; circum + vallare to wall, fr. vallum rampart.] To surround with a rampart or wall.
--Johnson.

Circumvallate

Circumvallate \Cir`cum*val"late\, a.

  1. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.

  2. (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papill[ae], near the base of the tongue.

Wiktionary
circumvallate

  1. 1 Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart. 2 (context anatomy English) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation. v

  2. to surround with a rampart

WordNet
circumvallate

v. surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification

Usage examples of "circumvallate".

Harden’s Rebels had the city besieged, circumvallated and bottled in a double fosse.