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engird
[ en-gurd ]
/ ɛnˈgɜrd /
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verb (used with object), en·girt or en·gird·ed, en·gird·ing.
to encircle; encompass: The equator engirds the earth.
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How to use engird in a sentence
For Beauty keeps no records, has no past; Her arms engird love's moment, and there is No other time.
The Mortal Gods and Other Plays|Olive Tilford DarganThe floors of the gallery which engird the rotunda, and the winding stairs leading to them, are of iron.
Norman's New Orleans and Environs|B. M. NormanIt seems to me that two great ministrant forces engird this universe—love and law.
That Last Waif|Horace Fletcher