circumvallate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin circumvallare, from circum- + vallum ‘rampart’.
Pronunciation[edit]
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circumvallate (third-person singular simple present circumvallates, present participle circumvallating, simple past and past participle circumvallated)
- (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.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
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circumvallate (not comparable)
- Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.
- (anatomy) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.
- circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
circumvallāte