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Verb: circumvallate  ,sur-kum'va,leyt
  1. Surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
    "The ancient city was circumvallated with high stone walls"

Derived forms: circumvallated, circumvallates, circumvallating

Type of: fence, fence in, palisade, surround, wall