#227. Circumjacence. -- N. circumjacence[obs], circumambience[obs]; environment, encompassment; atmosphere, medium, surroundings.
outpost; border &c. (edge) 231; girdle &c. (circumference) 230; outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs[obs], environs, entourage, banlieue[obs]; neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity.
V. lie around &c. adv.; surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird[obs]; skirt, twine round; hem in &c. (circumscribe) 229.
Adj. circumjacent, circumambient[obs], circumfluent[obs]; ambient; surrounding &c. v.; circumferential, suburban.
Adv. around, about; without; on every side; on all sides; right and left, all round, round about.