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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

ambiens

, p. pr. of

ambire

to go around;

amb-

ire

to go.]

Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.

“Ambient air.”

Milton.

“Ambient clouds.”

Pope.

Noun.

Something that surrounds or invests;

as, air . . . being a perpetual

ambient

Sir H. Wotton.

Adj.

[L. ambiens, from ambio, to go round, from amb, about, and eo, to go.]

Surrounding; encompassing on all sides; investing; applied to fluids or diffusible substances; as, the ambient air.