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engird

[ en-gurd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, en·girt or en·gird·ed, en·gird·ing.

Origin of engird¹

First recorded in 1560–70; en- ¹ + gird ¹

For Beauty keeps no records, has no past; Her arms engird love's moment, and there is No other time.

The floors of the gallery which engird the rotunda, and the winding stairs leading to them, are of iron.

It seems to me that two great ministrant forces engird this universe—love and law.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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