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Enclose vs Begirt - What's the difference?

enclose | begirt |

As verbs the difference between enclose and begirt

is that enclose is to surround with a wall, fence, etc while begirt is (obsolete) to surround or enclose.

enclose

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

(enclos)
  • To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
  • To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
  • To hold or contain.

    • Usage notes

    * Until about 1820, it was common to spell this word, and the derived terms encloser'' and ''enclosure'', with ''in-'' (i.e. as ''inclose'', ''incloser'', ''inclosure''). Since 1820, the forms with ''en- have predominated.[//books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=enclose%2Cinclose%2Cencloser%2Cincloser%2Cenclosure%2Cinclosure&year_start=1650&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cenclose%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cinclose%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cencloser%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cincloser%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cenclosure%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cinclosure%3B%2Cc0 Google Books Ngram Data]

    See also

    * encircle * encloser * enclosable

    References

    begirt

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To surround or enclose
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=5 , and now I had him every way encircled and begirt ; and having drawn him home to me, I kept him fast there, as if I had sought to unite bodies with him at that point. }}
  • * 1663 , Samuel Butler, Hudibras :
    • Who having round begirt the palace, / (As once a moth they do the gallows,) / As members gave the sign about, / Set up their throats with hideous shout.
    (Part 1, Canto 2, Lines 532-535)

    References

    *OED 2nd edition 1989