Definition of Circumvalate
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.
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 papillæ, near
the base of the tongue.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to surround with a rampart
*2004: The settlement is circumvallated by a stake-fence, so decayed that one may gain ingress at a dozen places. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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