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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To surround with or as if with a rampart.
  • adjective Surrounded with or as if with a rampart.
  • adjective Anatomy Surrounded by a ridge or raised, wall-like structure.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To surround with or as with a rampart or fortified lines.
  • Walled in; surrounded by or as by a parapet.
  • Also called calyciform papillæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To surround with a rampart or wall.
  • adjective Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
  • adjective (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb to surround with a rampart
  • adjective Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.
  • adjective anatomy Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin circumvallāre, circumvallāt- : circum-, circum- + vallum, rampart with palisades (from vallus, post, stake).]

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From Latin circumvallare, from circum- + vallum ‘rampart’.

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