BEGIRD, verb transitive begurd. preterit tense begirt, begirded; participle passive begirt. [be and gird.] 1. To bind with a band or girdle. 2. To surround; to inclose; to encompass. BEGIRD the Almighty throne. 3. To besiege. To begirt, used by B.Jonso, is a corrupt orthography.
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