Synonyms

begird

American

[bih-gurd] / bɪˈgɜrd /

verb (used with object)

begirt, begirded, begirding

to gird about; encompass; surround.

begird British

/ bɪˈɡɜːd /

verb

to surround; gird around
to bind

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Etymology

Origin of begird

before 900; Middle English begirden, Old English begierdan. See be-, gird ¹

Example Sentences

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For not the boughs of forest green Begird that castle far away, There is a mist where we have been That weeps about it, cold and grey.

From Ban and Arriere Ban by Lang, Andrew

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