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Webster 1913 Edition
Circumvallate
Cirˊcum-val′late
,Verb.
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.
Cirˊcum-val′late
,Adj.
1.
Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
2.
(Anat.)
Surrounded by a ridge or elevation;
as, the
. circumvallate
papillæ, near the base of the tongueWebster 1828 Edition
Circumvallate
CIRCUMVALLATE
,Verb.
T.