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Webster 1913 Edition

Ambit

Am′bit

,
Noun.
[L.
ambitus
circuit, fr.
ambire
to go around. See
Ambient
.]
Circuit or compass.
His great parts did not live within a small
ambit
.
Milward.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ambit

AM'BIT

,
Noun.
[L. ambitus, a circuit, from ambio, to go about. See Ambient.]
The line that encompasses a thing; in geometry, the perimeter of a figure, or the surface of a body. The periphery or circumference of a circular body.

Definition 2024

ambit

ambit

See also: àmbit

English

Noun

ambit ‎(plural ambits)

  1. The sphere or area of control and influence of something.
    • 1913, Gilbert Parker, The Judgment House, ch. 34,
      He had invited Destiny to sweep him up in her reaping, by placing himself in the ambit of her scythe.
  2. A circuit, or a boundary around a property.
  3. A span of actions, thoughts, or words.

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Latin

Verb

ambit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of ambiō

Etymology

From Latin ambitus ‎(“going around, circuit”), from ambiō ‎(“go around”).

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