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engirt1
verbengirt (third-person singular simple present engirts, present participle engirting, simple past and past participle engirted)
present singular third person engirts · participle present engirting · participle past engirted · past engirted
engirt2
verb
- participlepastpast participle of engird
adjectiveengirt (comparative more engirt, superlative most engirt)
comparative more engirt · superlative most engirt
- rareEncircled, surrounded.
They noted too his cavalier way with the facts of a case, and his ability to twist the most mundane judicial dictum into the pronouncement of some engirt tyrant, whose fortress he and he alone must storm.
1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 64
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APA
engirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engirt
MLA
“engirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engirt. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engirt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engirt.
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