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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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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