† succingentadj.
Obsolete.
Engirdling, embracing.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective]
circumjacent1490
circumstant1545
circumvoisin1548
environing?a1560
encompassing1571
ambient1572
succingent1578
embracing1590
circling1594
girdling1598
circumdant1600
rounding1600
all round?1611
circumferent1620
circumsistent1625
circuiting1632
circulating1632
encircling1632
surrounding1637
begirting1645
circumambient1648
circumstantial1650
girding1658
skirtingc1735
entwining1737
circumadjacent1780
belting1808
engirdling1843
encyclic1850
engirding1852
zoning1853
roundaboutc1860
begirding1877
wraparound1957
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man vii. f. 90 Beside this succingent coate [sc. the pleura], the ribbes haue to them, one peculiar [sc. the periosteum].
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician v. 142 Pus..enclosed in a bag, made by the connexion of the Lungs with the succingent membrane.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xii. 388 Unless..its Coat be so round and soft, that the Pulp, as well as the succingent Coat, is consumed.
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adj.1578