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circumjacent, a.|sɜːkəmˈdʒeɪsənt|
[ad. L. circumjacēnt-em, pres. pple. of circumjacēre to lie around, border upon.]
Lying or situated around, adjacent on all sides, surrounding.
1490Caxton Eneydos vii. 32 Hir good fame..florysshyng..in the countreys circumiacent. 1578Banister Hist. Man iv. 45 By the bindyng together of all the partes circumiacent. 1652Howell Massaniello ii. 137 In many places of the Country circumjacent to Naples. 1847Grote Greece (1862) III. xxxvi. 267 The city with its circumjacent plain. |