circumvallate

English

Etymology

From Latin circumvallare, from circum- + vallum (“rampart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɜːkəmˈvæleɪt/

Verb

circumvallate (third-person singular simple present circumvallates, present participle circumvallating, simple past and past participle circumvallated)

1. (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a rampart.
   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     The settlement is circumvallated by a stake-fence, so decayed that one may gain ingress at a dozen places.

Derived terms

• circumvallation

Adjective

circumvallate (not comparable)

1. Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.
2. (anatomy) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.

   circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue

Latin

Verb

circumvāllāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of circumvāllō