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circumvallate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Circumvallate \Cir`cum*val"late\, a. 1. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart. 2. (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as the circumvallate papill[ae], near the base of the tongue. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: circumvallate v : surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
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