encompassment; atmosphere, medium, surroundings.
outpost; border &c (edge) 231; girdle &c (circumference) 230;
outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs†,
environs, entourage, banlieue†; neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity.
V. lie around &c adv.; surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ,
inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt;
begird, engird†; skirt, twine round; hem in &c (circumscribe) 229.
Adj. circumjacent, circumambient†, circumfluent†; ambient; surrounding
&c v.; circumferential, suburban.
Adv. around, about; without; on every side; on all sides; right and
left, all round, round about.