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adj
Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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verb
To surround with, or as if with, a rampart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround
History
From Latin circumvallare, from circum- + vallum (“rampart”).
