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third-person singular simple present circumvallates, present participle circumvallating, simple past and past participle circumvallated
(transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a rampart. quotations examples
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: Hodder and Stoughton
not comparable
Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart. examples
(anatomy) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation. examples