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To surround with a rampart or wall.

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  1. v. t. To surround with a rampart or wall.
  2. a. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
  3. a. Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue.
  4. v. surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
  5. To surround with a rampart or wall. Johnson. 1. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart. 2. (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridle or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillæ, near the base of the tongue.
  6. To surround with a rampart or wall. Johnson.
  7. v. surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification