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gird (gʉrd)

transitive verb girded gird′ed or girt, girding gird′·ing

  1. to encircle or fasten with a belt or band
  2. to surround, encircle, or enclose
    1. to equip, furnish, clothe, etc.
    2. to endow with some attribute
  4. to prepare (oneself) for action

Etymology: ME girden < OE gyrdan, akin to Ger gürten < IE base *gherdh-, to enclose > yard

gird2 definition

gird (gʉrd)

noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb

gibe; scoff; jeer

Etymology: ME girden, to strike, assail with words < ? OE *gyrdan for *gierdan, lit., to rod < gierd, gerd, a rod (see yard): infl. by gird

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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