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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Neither the nurse who comes at dawn to visit her nursling E'er shall avail her neck to begird with yesterday's ribband.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Till like a cold gust thrilled the little word At which each body and its soul begird And tighten them for battle.

From Poems by Owen, Wilfred

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