#227.  Circumjacence. —­ N. circumjacence[obs3], circumambience[obs3];
environment, encompassment; atmosphere, medium, surroundings.
     outpost; border &c. (edge) 231; girdle &c. (circumference) 230;
outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs[obs3], environs, entourage, banlieue[obs3]; neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity. 
     V. lie around &c. adv.; surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ,
inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird[obs3]; skirt, twine round; hem in &c. (circumscribe) 229. 
     Adj. circumjacent, circumambient[obs3], circumfluent[obs3]; ambient;
surrounding &c. v.; circumferential, suburban. 
     Adv. around, about; without; on every side; on all sides; right and
left, all round, round about.

     #228.  Interposition. —­ N. interposition, interjacence[obs3],
intercurrence[obs3], intervenience[obs3], interlocation[obs3], interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation.
     [interposition at a fine-grained level] interpenetration; permeation;
infiltration.
     [interposition by one person in another’s affairs, at the intervenor’s
initiative] intervention, interference; intrusion, obtrusion; insinuation.
     insertion &c. 300; dovetailing; embolism.
     intermediary, intermedium[obs3]; go between, bodkin|!, intruder,
interloper; parenthesis, episode, flyleaf.
     partition, septum, diaphragm; midriff; dissepiment[obs3]; party wall,
panel, room divider.
     halfway house. 
     V. lie between, come between, get between; intervene, slide in,
interpenetrate, permeate.
     put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in,
worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in; interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in; let in, dovetail, splice, mortise; insinuate, smuggle; infiltrate, ingrain.
     interfere, put in an oar, thrust one’s nose in; intrude, obtrude; have
a finger in the pie; introduce the thin end of the wedge; thrust in &c. (insert) 300. 
     Adj. interjacent[obs3], intercurrent[obs3], intervenient[obs3],
intervening &c. v., intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial; embolismal[obs3].
     parenthetical, episodic; mediterranean; intrusive; embosomed[obs3];
merged. 
     Adv. between, betwixt; twixt; among, amongst; amid, amidst; mid,
midst; in the thick of; betwixt and between; sandwich-wise; parenthetically, obiter dictum.

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     #229.  Circumscription. —­ N. circumscription, limitation, inclosure;
confinement &c. (restraint) 751; circumvallation[obs3]; encincture; envelope &c. 232.
     container (receptacle) 191. 
     V. circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround &c. 227;