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circumjacent

[ sur-kuhm-jey-suhnt ]

adjective

  1. lying around; surrounding.


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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • ³¦¾±°ùc³Ü³¾Â·ÂᲹc±ð²Ô³¦±ð ³¦¾±°ùc³Ü³¾Â·ÂᲹc±ð²Ô·³¦²â noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of circumjacent1

1480–90; < Latin circumjacent- (stem of ³¦¾±°ù³¦³Ü³¾Âá²¹³¦Å§²Ô²õ, present participle of ³¦¾±°ù³¦³Ü³¾Âá²¹³¦Å§°ù±ð to lie around), equivalent to circum- circum- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent
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Example Sentences

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Thus does the earth rotate together with circumjacent waters and encircling atmosphere.’

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At last he tore himself away from his sister’s and aunt’s tender and affectionate caresses, leaving the home of his childhood; and before the sun was up, grand old Snowdon, with its circumjacent hills and mountain-tops, had disappeared from his view. 

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On the brow of Town Hill, and commanding a magnificent view of Swansea Bay, the channel, and their circumjacent coast, with the Devonian range of mountains in the distance; there stood, at the time of which we write, a small thatched cottage, with mud or clay walls, which was then occupied by Shôn Gwyllt, his wife Mary, and their son John, an only child.

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Indeed, he lived here among p. 328friends and dependents, for the circumjacent cantrevs of Rhos, Dyffryn Clwyd, Rhyfoniog, and Englefield—which cantrevs included the country between Conway and Chester—were his own property and possessions. 

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He likes to give those who are "blest in not being simple men" an occasional peep—as thus—at the circumjacent world of donkeyism.

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