English Explanatory Dictionary

overgird

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Encircling.
verb
  1. To gird too closely.
  2. To encircle; to gird over.
  3. To encapsulate; to encompass and bind together.
noun
  1. Something that encompasses and binds together; an encapsulation.

Word forms

overgird overgirds overgirding overgirded overgirt

Etymology

From over- + gird.

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