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Ambit

noun
1.
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:.  Synonyms: compass, orbit, range, reach, scope.  "A piano has a greater range than the human voice" , "The ambit of municipal legislation" , "Within the compass of this article" , "Within the scope of an investigation" , "Outside the reach of the law" , "In the political orbit of a world power"






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"Ambit" Quotes from Famous Books



... one of which they were speaking." Miss Donovan's voice whispered dramatically as her eyes swept the tiny clue within their ambit. ...
— The Strange Case of Cavendish • Randall Parrish

... again, and Mary again led the way into the parlor. She went to the window, and drew the curtains aside a little way. The lights of the car were burning; the Captain's tall figure fell within their rays and was plainly visible, strolling up and down; the ambit of the rays did not, however, embrace the Tower window. The Captain paced and smoked, patient, content, gone back to his own happy memories and anticipations. Mary returned to the table and set her candle ...
— The Secret of the Tower • Hope, Anthony

... here be mentioned that at a much later date, when Mr. John Ward, in the light of experience gained by his own distinguished service as an officer in the Great War, had come to the conviction that "the possibility of forcing Ulster within the ambit of a Dublin Parliament has now become unthinkable," he acknowledged that in 1914 the only way by which Mr. Asquith's Home Rule Act could have been enforced was through and by ...
— Ulster's Stand For Union • Ronald McNeill



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