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cinct, ppl. a. rare.|sɪŋkt| [ad. L. cinct-us pa. pple. of cingĕre to gird.] Girt, encircled, surrounded. (Construed as a participle; cf. compact.)
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 271 Alle Fraunce is cincte with thre nowble waters. 1840Browning Sordello vi. 450 Thus girt With circumstance, next change beholds them cinct Quite otherwise. 1867Longfellow Dante, Purgat. xxx. 31 Her snow white veil with olive cinct. |