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Webster 1913 Edition


Begird

Be-gird′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Begirt
,
Begirded
;
p. p.
Begirt
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Begirding
.]
[AS.
begyrdan
(akin to Goth.
bigairdan
); pref.
be-
+
gyrdan
to gird.]
1.
To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
2.
To surround as with a band; to encompass.

Webster 1828 Edition


Begird

BEGIRD

,
Verb.
T.
begurd. pret.begirt, begirded; pp. begirt. [be and gird.]
1.
To bind with a band or girdle.
2.
To surround; to inclose; to encompass.
Begird the Almighty throne.
3.
To besiege.
To begirt, used by B.Jonso, is a corrupt orthography.

Definition 2024


begird

begird

English

Verb

begird (third-person singular simple present begirds, present participle begirding, simple past and past participle begirt or begirded)

  1. (transitive) To bind with a band or girdle.
  2. To encircle, surround, as with a gird; inclose; encompass.

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