adj
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adj
surrounding something on every side; encompassing
The reef rose from the shallow circumambient water around the island.
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encircling
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circumambientlycircumambience
Etymology
From Late Latin circumambiens, 'going around or surrounding,' the present participle of circumambire. It combines Latin circum, 'around,' with ambire, 'to go around,' the source of ambient.