engirdv.
/ᵻnˈɡəːd/, /ɛnˈɡəːd/, /ᵻŋˈɡəːd/, /ɛŋˈɡəːd/, U.S. /ᵻnˈɡərd/, /ɛnˈɡərd/ a. transitive. To surround with, or as with, a girdle; to encircle, as a girdle does. Also, to engird in.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)]
befong971
beclipc1000
begoc1000
belieOE
bestandc1000
to go about ——OE
umbegangc1200
behema1250
befallc1275
berunc1275
girdc1290
bihalvena1300
umlapa1300
umlaya1300
umlouka1300
umbegoc1300
belayc1320
halsea1340
enclose1340
umbelapa1350
embracec1360
betrendc1374
circlec1374
umbecasta1375
to give about1382
environa1393
umbeclipa1395
compassa1400
encircle?a1400
enourle?a1400
umbegivea1400
umbeseta1400
umbeliec1400
umbetighc1400
enroundc1420
measurec1425
umbsteadc1450
adviron?1473
purprise1481
umbeviron1489
belta1500
girtha1500
overgirda1500
engirt15..
envirea1513
round?a1513
brace1513
umbereach1513
becompass1520
circuea1533
girtc1540
umbsetc1540
circule1553
encompass1555
circulate?a1560
ingyre1568
to do about1571
engird1573
circumdate1578
succinge1578
employ1579
circuate1581
girdle1582
wheel1582
circumgyre1583
enring1589
ringa1592
embail1593
enfold1596
invier1596
stem1596
circumcingle1599
ingert1599
engirdle1602
circulize1603
circumscribe1605
begirt1608
to go round1610
enwheela1616
surround1616
shingle1621
encirculize1624
circumviron1632
beround1643
orba1644
circumference1646
becircle1648
incircuitc1650
circumcinge1657
circumtend1684
besiege1686
cincture1789
zone1795
cravat1814
encincture1820
circumvent1824
begirdle1837
perambulate1863
cordon1891
1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta 2nd Chorus in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Piv Let cruell discorde beare thee companie, Engirt with snakes.
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood i. i. 7 Round about engirt with a frindge of Gold.
1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 139 Paches..arrived at Mitylene and ingirt it with a single wall.
1745 W. Thompson Sickness ii. (R.) She saw him smile along the tissu'd clouds..Engirt with cherub wings.
a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) III. xxvii. 265 A sash of tincture bright..Engirds his loins.
1813 W. Wordsworth View from Top of Black Comb Main ocean..visibly engirding Mona's Isle.
1820 Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 6 385 The hoary mountain tops..that engird the horizon in.
1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 22 He would manifestly be engirt by heavens having the general aspect of ours.
b. figurative.
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1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. E6 Ugly darknesse.. Engyrt with tempests wrapt in pitchy clouds.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 200 My Body round engyrt with miserie. View more context for this quotation
1798 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 219 Engird their brows With glittering crowns of praise.
Derivatives
enˈgirding adj.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective]
circumjacent1490
circumstant1545
circumvoisin1548
environing?a1560
encompassing1571
ambient1572
succingent1578
embracing1590
circling1594
girdling1598
circumdant1600
rounding1600
all round?1611
circumferent1620
circumsistent1625
circuiting1632
circulating1632
encircling1632
surrounding1637
begirting1645
circumambient1648
circumstantial1650
girding1658
skirtingc1735
entwining1737
circumadjacent1780
belting1808
engirdling1843
encyclic1850
engirding1852
zoning1853
roundaboutc1860
begirding1877
wraparound1957
1852 D. M. Moir Defeat Winter viii Love, with an engirding belt, Hath beautified the solitude.
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