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Webster 1913 Edition


Ambitus

‖

Am′bi-tus

(ăm′bĭ-tŭs)
,
Noun.
[L. See
Ambit
,
Ambition
.]
1.
The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.
2.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A canvassing for votes.