Definition of Begirded

1. Verb. (past of begird) ¹

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Definition of Begirded

1. begird [v] - See also: begird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Begirded

begin
begink
beginne
beginner
beginners
beginnes
beginneth
beginning
beginning(a)
beginning of day
beginning rhyme
beginningless
beginnings
begins
begird
begirded (current term)
begirding
begirdle
begirdled
begirdles
begirdling
begirds
begirt
beglad
begladded
begladding
beglads
beglammer
beglamor
beglamored

Literary usage of Begirded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"171 Now Crete is a certain country amidst of the wine-dark sea, Fair, fat-soiled, sea-begirded; and a many men are there, Yea, more than may be numbered; ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1897)
"... some cases patched with crosses—nor with their shoulders or their loins begirded with leather belts, from which a bowl and a bag will be suspended. ..."

3. Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology by Babette Deutsch, Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1921)
"... My cunning tongue and idle-worded; The subtle serpent's sting he set Between my lips—his hand was wet, His bloody hand my mouth begirded. ..."

4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"COLUMBIA comes arrayed sublime: A crown of stars upon her head; A continent beneath her spread, begirded by the fruitful zones; While round her dance ..."

5. Elements of Political Economy by Arthur Latham Perry (1866)
"If any one had suggested to those cadaverous and sometimes rope-begirded monks, that they should appoint a teacher to inquire inte the nature of value, ..."

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