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engirt

engirt verb: to girt; to surround or encircle. Also the past participle of engird.

Verb

engirt (third-person singular simple present engirts, present participle engirting, simple past and past participle engirted)

  1. (obsolete) To girt; to surround or encircle.

Adjective

engirt (comparative more engirt, superlative most engirt)

  1. (rare) Encircled, surrounded.
    • They noted too his cavalier way with the facts of a case, and his ability to twist the most mundane judicial dictum into the pronouncement of some engirt tyrant, whose fortress he and he alone must storm.1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 64

Also used as

engirt is also the past participle of engird.

Forms of engirt

Verb
third-person singular presentengirts
present participleengirting
past participleengirted
pastengirted
Adjective
comparativemore engirt
superlativemost engirt

Origin of engirt

From en- + girt.

Inflected forms.

Questions about engirt

What does engirt mean?
Engirt means to girt; to surround or encircle.
What part of speech is engirt?
Engirt can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of engirt?
The past tense of engirt is engirted.

Words near engirt in the dictionary

  1. engirdled
  2. engirdlement
  3. engirdles
  4. engirdling
  5. engirds
  6. engirt
  7. engirth
  8. engiscope
  9. engiscopes
  10. engkala
  11. Engl

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