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Circumvallate

Circumvallate Meaning & Definition
Circumvallate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Circumvallate?

[v] surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification

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See Also | fence | fence in | palisade | surround | wall

Circumvallate In Webster's Dictionary

\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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