Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Circumvallate \Cir`cum*val"late\, a.
1. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
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2. (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the
circumvallate papill[ae], near the base of the tongue.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
circumvallate
v 1: surround with or as if with a rampart or other
fortification