Circumvallate

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1. Verb

To surround with a rampart or wall.

2. Adjective

Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.

3. Adjective

Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue.

4. Verb

surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
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