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Word Meanings - BEGIRT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To encompass; to begird. Milton.

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  • CONCEALED
    Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly (, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons , dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.
  • EMBOSOM
    1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser. 2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. His house embosomed in the grove. Pope. Some tender flower
  • ENVELOPMENT
    1. The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides. 2. That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.
  • SURROUNDING
    Inclosing; encircling.
  • BEGIRT
    To encompass; to begird. Milton.
  • ENCIRCLE
    To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city. Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. Parnell. Syn. -- To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
  • SURROUND
    To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city. Syn. -- To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about. (more info) L. super over + undare to rise
  • CONCEALER
    One who conceals.
  • ENVELOPE; ENVELOP
    The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma. (more info) 1. That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter.
  • ENVELOP
    To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship. Nocturnal shades this world envelop. J. Philips. (more info)
  • CONCEALABLE
    Capable of being concealed.
  • ENCIRCLET
    A small circle; a ring. Sir P. Sidney.
  • ENFOLD
    To infold. See Infold.
  • ENFOLDMENT
    The act of infolding. See Infoldment.
  • CONCEAL
    To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing. Prov. xxv. 2. Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal
  • CONCEALMENT
    Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. Wharton. (more info) 1. The act of concealing; the state of being concealed. But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. Shak. Some dear
  • INCONCEALABLE
    Not concealable. "Inconcealable imperfections." Sir T. Browne.
  • SEVENFOLD
    Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount. "Sevenfold rage." Milton.
  • TENFOLD
    In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated. The grisly Terror . . . grew tenfold More dreadful and deform. Milton.
  • PENFOLD
    See PINFOLD

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