accinge
transitive verb
ac·cinge
akˈsinj
-ed/-ing/-s
archaic
: to brace (oneself) up
may accinge ourselves for a supreme effort
A. T. Quiller-Couch
A. T. Quiller-Couch
Word History
Etymology
Latin accingere, from ad- + cingere to gird
First Known Use
1657, in the meaning defined above
- pick sides
- pick someone or something to pieces
- pick someone or something to shreds
- pick someone's brain
- pick someone's brain/brains
- pick someone's brains
- pick someone's pocket
- pick something clean
- pick the brains of
- pick to pieces
- pick to shreds
- pick tongs
- pick tree
- pick up
- pick up after
- pick up after (someone)
- pick up after someone
- pick up and go
- pick up and leave
- pick up and leave/go
- pick up momentum
- pick up on
- pick up speed
- pick up speed/momentum
- pick up steam