'Circumvallate' definitions:

Definition of 'circumvallate'

From: WordNet
verb
Surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification

Definition of 'Circumvallate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Circumvallate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

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