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