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begirt, v.|bɪˈgɜːt|
Also 7 begirth.
[f. be- 1 + girt v., a late secondary form of gird, taken apparently from the pa. pple. girt, or perhaps from girt, obs. f. of girth n.]
trans. To surround, encompass, enclose. (It has not the literal sense of begird.)
1608Hieron Wks. I. 747 Begirt vs with Thy fauour. 1658Ussher Ann. 530 He had begirthed the place with a triple wall. 1720Strype Stow's Surv. II. vi. 87 The Parish of St. Martin's..begirteth it on all Parts. 1862Dana Elem. Geol. 733 The lofty mountains and volcanoes which begirt it.
Hence beˈgirt, beˈgirting ppl. a., beˈgirting vbl. n.
1645Milton Tetrach. Wks. (1851) 233 With a begirting mischief. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. v. xvi. 198 The begirting of the holy City by numerous armies of Gog and Magog. 1790Cowper Iliad ii. 681 Sea-begirt ægina. |