Begird

/bɪˈɡɜrd/ verb

To encircle, surround, or gird about with something; to bind or secure around.

From 'be-' (Old English causative prefix) + 'gird' (Old English 'gyrdan,' from Proto-Germanic 'gurtilan'). Common in Middle and Early Modern English, now archaic.

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