accinge

transitive verb

ac·​cinge

akˈsinj

-ed/-ing/-s

archaic

: to brace (oneself) up

may accinge ourselves for a supreme effort

—A. T. Quiller-Couch

Word History

Etymology

Latin accingere, from ad- + cingere to gird

First Known Use

1657, in the meaning defined above

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