Meaning of CIRCUMVALLATE
| Pronunciation: | | `surkum'valeyt
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| | Definition: | | [v] surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification |
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| | See Also: | | fence, fence in, palisade, surround, wall | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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 papill[ae], near the base of the tongue.
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