'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]