an archaic past tense meaning to gird or encircle with a band or belt.
From Latin cingere (to gird or encircle), appearing in archaic English texts and poetic works.
This old verb reminds us that English once had many more past tense forms that didn't follow the -ed pattern—it's like finding a fossil of how our language used to work.
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