engird

[ en-gurd ]

verb (used with object)

, en·girt or en·gird·ed, en·gird·ing.

1. to encircle; encompass:

   The equator engirds the earth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of engird¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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