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Synonyms for gird
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : gurd |
Phonetic Transcription : gɜrd |
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Définition of gird
Origin :- Old English gyrdan "put a belt or girdle around; encircle, surround; invest with attributes," from Proto-Germanic *gurthjanan (cf. Old Norse gyrða, Old Saxon gurdian, Old Frisian gerda, Dutch gorden, Old High German gurtan, German gürten). Related to Old English geard "hedge, enclosure" (see yard (n.1)). Related: Girded; girding.
- Throughout its whole history the English word is chiefly employed in rhetorical language, in many instances with more or less direct allusion to biblical passages. [OED]
- verb encircle; strengthen
- verb make fun of
- Let them gird sackcloth on their loins and hide their faces.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Does it become you, sir, do you think, to gird at one who is your prisoner?
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- Be a soldier, then, and gird thee for the great battle that is at hand.
- Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
- Come, gird up thy loins and answer like a man, if thou canst.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- Gird on, as gift from the gods, this sword that is immortal.
- Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
- About has a gird or two at Balzac, but evidently imitates him.
- Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
- Falstaff says, "men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me."
- Extract from : « Microcosmography » by John Earle
- When you are dead and gone, let him gird himself for a long pilgrimage.
- Extract from : « Helen and Arthur » by Caroline Lee Hentz
- The Templar rose, and he forgot not to gird on his sword as he followed the knight.
- Extract from : « The Pilgrims Of The Rhine » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He would rest, and then gird up his loins and face life again.
- Extract from : « The Golden House » by Charles Dudley Warner
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