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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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Circumvallate \Cir`cum*val"late\, a. 1. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papill[ae], near the base of the tongue. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

circumvallate v 1: surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification