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engirth

engirth verb: to surround; to engirt.

Verb

engirth (third-person singular simple present engirths, present participle engirthing, simple past and past participle engirthed)

  1. (poetic) To surround; to engirt.
    • I SING the Body electric; The armies of those I love engirth me, and I engirth them; They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them, And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge of the Soul.1867, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, page 98
    • There between the flesh of pasta and stuffed olives pressed against glass to see the bright noose of his love take shape and engirth the rest of his days.2009, Susan B A Somers-Willett, Quiver, page 33

Forms of engirth

third-person singular presentengirths
present participleengirthing
past participleengirthed
pastengirthed

Questions about engirth

What does engirth mean?
Engirth means to surround; to engirt.
What part of speech is engirth?
Engirth is a verb.
What is the past tense of engirth?
The past tense of engirth is engirthed.

Words near engirth in the dictionary

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

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