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circumvallate

/sɜːkəmˈvæleɪt/

circumvallate verb: to surround with, or as if with, a rampart.

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.
    • The settlement is circumvallated by a stake-fence, so decayed that one may gain ingress at a dozen places.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Adjective

circumvallate (not comparable)

  1. Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.
  2. Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.
    • circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue

circumvallate meaning in Tamil and Bengali

circumvallate in Tamil

வட்ட மொட்டு, வட்டவடிவ மொட்டு

circumvallate in Bengali

প্রাচীর দিয়ে বেষ্টিত, প্রাকার দিয়ে ঘেরা

Forms of circumvallate

third-person singular presentcircumvallates
present participlecircumvallating
past participlecircumvallated
pastcircumvallated

Origin of circumvallate

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

Words formed from circumvallate

Questions about circumvallate

What does circumvallate mean?
Circumvallate means to surround with, or as if with, a rampart.
What is circumvallate in Tamil?
Circumvallate in Tamil is வட்ட மொட்டு, வட்டவடிவ மொட்டு. See Circumvallate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is circumvallate?
Circumvallate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce circumvallate?
Circumvallate is pronounced /sɜːkəmˈvæleɪt/.
What is the past tense of circumvallate?
The past tense of circumvallate is circumvallated.

Words near circumvallate in the dictionary

  1. circumtropical
  2. circumtropically
  3. circumtumoral
  4. circumundulate
  5. circumvaginal
  6. circumvallate
  7. circumvallated
  8. circumvallates
  9. circumvallating
  10. circumvallation
  11. circumvallations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: circumvallate (page history and authors); circumvallate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); circumvallate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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