circumvallate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: cir=cum=val=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

circumvallate, 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.  [1913 Webster]

circumvallate, a. 

•  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)