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circumvallate

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Verb (transitive)
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cir=cum=val=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

circumvallatev. 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.  [1913 Webster]
circumvallatea. 
  •  Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillæ, near the base of the tongue.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

circumvallate, v.tr. surround with or as with a rampart.

Etymology
L circumvallare circumvallat- (as CIRCUM-, vallare f. vallum rampart)

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