See gird in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To encircle with or as if with a band:
band1, begird, belt, cincture, compass, encompass, engirdle, girdle, girt, ring1. (Archaic) engird. See edgeTo shut in on all sides:
begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, girdle, hedge, hem, ring1, surround. See openTo present with a quality, trait, or power:
dower, endow, endue, gift, invest. See giveTo prepare (oneself) for action:
brace, forearm, fortify, ready, steel, strengthen. Idiom: gird (or gird up) one's loins. See prepared
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