CIRCUMVALLATE

PRONUNCIATION: (suhr-kuhm-VAL-ayt)

MEANING: verb tr.: To surround by a defensive structure, such as a rampart.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin circumvallare (to surround with a wall), from circum- (around) + vallum (rampart). Earliest documented use: 1661.
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CIRCUMVILLATE - having finger-like projections all around the outside

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CIRCUM-ALL-ATE - just about at everybody's dinnertime