begird
[ bih-gurd ]
verb (used with object),be·girt or be·gird·ed, be·gird·ing.
to gird about; encompass; surround.
Origin of begird
1Words Nearby begird
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How to use begird in a sentence
I honestly believe that his performance would beat down the frigid steel ramparts that begird the English "lady."
Nights in London | Thomas BurkeE'er shall avail her neck to begird with yesterday's ribband.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus | Caius Valerius Catullus
British Dictionary definitions for begird
begird
/ (bɪˈɡɜːd) /
verb-girds, -girding, -girt or -girded (tr) poetic
to surround; gird around
to bind
Origin of begird
1Old English begierdan; see be-, gird 1
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