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Webster 1913 Edition
Ambit
Am′bit
,Noun.
Circuit or compass.
His great parts did not live within a small
ambit
. Milward.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ambit
AM'BIT
,Noun.
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.