overgird

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Encircling.

   • The left maenad on A and B of the Oxford cup wears the same overgird Doric peplos of Smithsonian, side B and one attributed to the Painter of Athens.
2. 2

   To gird too closely.

   • Perhaps the most important thing to remember, however, is don't overgird. Girding one's loins too tightly can lead to loss of circulation and, in extreme cases, loss of a loin.
   • The flaw with Locke's model is that his identification of black aestheticism was overgirded by the ferment of a single historical moment.
3. 3

   To encircle

   To encircle; to gird over.

   • She is dressed in a long, overgirt Ionic chiton and a heavy himation, one end of which she holds with her extended right hand.
   • The pitch some fathoms below is bathed in the blue light provided by the elephantine fluorescent tubing that overgirds our fine stadium .
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   1. 4

      To encapsulate

      To encapsulate; to encompass and bind together.

      • Well, that is the leitmotif that sort of overgirds this entire series of hearings, and the question is what do we do about it.
      • In addition, come the effects and impacts of various overgirding social institutions and social facts such as culture and language.
   2. 5

      Something that encompasses and binds together

      Something that encompasses and binds together; an encapsulation.

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