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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

circumvallate
    v 1: surround with or as if with a rampart or other
         fortification

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Circumvallate \Cir`cum*val"late\, a.
   1. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
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   2. (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the
      circumvallate papill[ae], near the base of the tongue.
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