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Webster 1913 Edition


Circumvallate

Cirˊcum-val′late

,
Verb.
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.

Cirˊcum-val′late

,
Adj.
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 1828 Edition


Circumvallate

CIRCUMVALLATE

,
Verb.
T.
To surround with a rampart.

Definition 2024


circumvallate

circumvallate

English

Verb

circumvallate (third-person singular simple present circumvallates, present participle circumvallating, simple past and past participle circumvallated)

  1. (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a rampart.
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
      The settlement is circumvallated by a stake-fence, so decayed that one may gain ingress at a dozen places.

Derived terms

Adjective

circumvallate (not comparable)

  1. Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.
  2. (anatomy) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.
    circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue

Latin

Verb

circumvallāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of circumvallō