cinctadj.
/sɪŋkt/ rare.
Girt, encircled, surrounded. (Construed as a participle; cf. compact adj.1 I.)
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounded
purseynta1400
umberunc1440
circumdate1460
cinct?a1475
succinct?a1475
circledc1540
circumferat1575
circumscript1610
environed1610
encircled1632
precinct1641
circumcinct1656
cinctured1757
begirt1791
begirdled1813
compassed1860
surrounded1891
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 271 Alle Fraunce is cincte with thre nowble waters.
1840 R. Browning Sordello vi. 450 Thus girt With circumstance, next change beholds them cinct Quite otherwise.
1867 H. W. Longfellow tr. Dante Purgatorio xxx. 31 Her snow white veil with olive cinct.
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