BEGIRT

Etymology

Verb

begirt

simple past tense and past participle of begird

Verb

begirt (third-person singular simple present begirts, present participle begirting, simple past and past participle begirt)

(transitive, obsolete) To enclose or surround.

Source: Wiktionary


Be*girt", v. t.

Definition: To encompass; to begird. Milton.

BEGIRD

Be*gird", v. t. [imp. Begirt, Begirded; p. p. Begirt; p. pr. & vb. n. Begirding.] Etym: [AS. begyrdan (akin to Goth. bigairdan); pref. be- + gyrdan to gird.]

1. To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.

2. To surround as with a band; to encompass.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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