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circumvallated

circumvallated is the simple past and past participle of circumvallate.

Meaning of circumvallate

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

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Questions about circumvallated

What is circumvallated the simple past and past participle of?
Circumvallated is the simple past and past participle of circumvallate.

Words near circumvallated in the dictionary

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

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