ENGIRT

Etymology 1

Verb

engirt (third-person singular simple present engirts, present participle engirting, simple past and past participle engirted)

(obsolete) To girt; to surround or encircle.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

engirt

past participle of engird

Adjective

engirt (comparative more engirt, superlative most engirt)

(rare) Encircled, surrounded.

Anagrams

• Ginter, Tengri, Tigner, erting, tinger

Source: Wiktionary


En*girt", v. t.

Definition: To engird. [R.] Collins.

ENGIRD

En*gird", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engirded or Engirt (p. pr. & vb. n. Engirding.] Etym: [Pref. en- + gird. Cf. Ingirt.]

Definition: To gird; to encompass. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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