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circumvallates

circumvallates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 circumvallates

What is circumvallates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Circumvallates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of circumvallate.

Words near circumvallates in the dictionary

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

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