Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To encircle with or as if with a band.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bind with a band or girdle.
- To surround; inclose; encompass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
- transitive verb To surround as with a band; to encompass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
bind with aband orgirdle . - verb To
encircle ,surround , as with a gird;inclose ;encompass .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Vnd do eins tages war, do hatt si grosse begird únsern herren ze empfahen.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Chammath, -- and on another, the most fruitful country Gennesaret adjacent, -- did every way begird this city, when it was built, with pleasure and delight.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Next day Sabinus drew up his army in view of the enemy, on ground equal to both; to try, if elated with their success by night, they would venture a battle: and, when they still kept within the fortress, or on the cluster of hills, he began to begird them with a siege; and strengthening his old lines and adding new, enclosed a circuit of four miles.
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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I honestly believe that his performance would beat down the frigid steel ramparts that begird the English "lady."
Nights in London Thomas Burke 1915
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But there was one of them that could not do so, because Harold bore off that skin wherewith she was wont to begird herself, and when she found it not she wailed and wept and besought Harold to give her that skin again, -- and, lo! it was
The Holy Cross and Other Tales Eugene Field 1872
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E'er shall avail her neck to begird with yesterday's ribband.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus 1855
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Were a power to begird us with a tyrant at its head, and pronounce an interdict upon such means of freeing ourselves from the disadvantages that now oppress us, not only should we submit to the small expense necessary for its accomplishment, but we should feel the wrong of being denied our privileges, our hands would be upon our swords, our appeal would be to the God of battles, nor would streams of blood and treasure stop us in advancing to it.
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"Angels begird me, Pretty Pierre, but it's little I'd like you for enemy
Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Angels begird me, Pretty Pierre, but it's little I'd like you for enemy
Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Angels begird me, Pretty Pierre, but it's little I'd like you for enemy
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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