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gird

1  [gurd]
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–verb (used with object), gird⋅ed or girt, gird⋅ing.
1. to encircle or bind with a belt or band.
2. to surround; enclose; hem in.
3. to prepare (oneself) for action: He girded himself for the trial ahead.
4. to provide, equip, or invest, as with power or strength.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME girden, OE gyrdan; c. G gürten

Related forms:
gird⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. brace, steel, fortify, strengthen.
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gird

2  [gurd]
–verb (used without object)
1. to gibe; jeer (usually fol. by at).
–verb (used with object)
2. to gibe or jeer at; taunt.
–noun
3. a gibe.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME gyrd a stroke, blow, hence a cutting remark, deriv. of girden to strike, smite < ?

Related forms:
gird⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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gird 1   (gûrd)   
v.   gird·ed or girt (gûrt), gird·ing, girds

v.   tr.

    1. To encircle with a belt or band.

    2. To fasten or secure (clothing, for example) with a belt or band.

    3. To surround. See Synonyms at surround.

  2. To equip or endow.

  3. To prepare (oneself) for action.

v.   intr.
To prepare for action: "Men still spoke of peace but girded more sternly for war" (W. Bruce Lincoln).

[Middle English girden, from Old English gyrdan; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
gird 2   (gûrd)   
intr. & tr.v.   gird·ed, gird·ing, girds
To jeer or jeer at.
n.  A sarcastic remark.

[Middle English girden, to strike.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

gird 
O.E. gyrdan "put a belt or girdle around," from P.Gmc. *gurthjanan (cf. O.N. gyrða, O.Fris. gerda, O.H.G. gurtan, Ger. Gürten). Related to O.E. geard "hedge, enclosure" (see yard (1)). Girder "main beam that carries flooring" is first attested 1611.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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