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ambit(dictionary)

ambit (iou)



ambit noun. LME.
[Latin ambitus circuit, compass, from ambit-: see AMBITION noun.]
a. A space surrounding a house, castle, town, etc.; precincts. LME.
b. A circuit, a compass, a circumference. L16.
c. The confines, bounds, or limits of a district etc. M19.
fig. Extent, scope, sphere, (of). L17.
W. S. Churchill Both motor boats and lawn-mowers came into the ambit of this modest indulgence.