different between circumvallation vs circumvallate

English

Etymology

From circumvallate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??k?mvæ?le???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s?k?mvæ?le???n/

Noun

circumvallation (plural circumvallations)

1. A rampart or other defensive entrenchment that entirely encircles the position being defended.
   • 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 3, Penguin 2003, p. 201:

     [...] and in a word, would intrench and fortify them round with as many circumvallations and breast-works, as my uncle Toby would a citadel.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin circumvallare, from circum- + vallum (“rampart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??k?m?væle?t/

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.

Derived terms

• circumvallation

Adjective

circumvallate (not comparable)

1. Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.
2. (anatomy) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.

   circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue

Latin

Verb

circumv?ll?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of circumv?ll?