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Definition of Begirdled
1. begirdle [v] - See also: begirdle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Begirdled
Literary usage of Begirdled
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)
"For a many there be of maidens Achaean, both here on the shore 251 Of Ithaca
sea-begirdled, and in many a ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1892)
"... like the morning drum-beat of the greatest nation, has begirdled the earth.
But let us come nearer home and turn on the search light in our own city. ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1911)
"To divine, neglected space, bespangled with many a star for diadem and begirdled
with lightning, let my song go forth. THE DIVINE TRUTH OF CONSCIOUSNESS. ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"The small Scotch Army, begirdled with overpowering force, and cut off from help
or reasonable hope, storms forth in fiery pulses, horse and foot; ..."
5. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"Such traits of Friedrich as can be sifted out into the conceivable and indubitable
state, the reader shall have; the extinct Bedlam, that begirdled ..."
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