bedeck

[ bih-dek ]

/ bɪˈdɛk /

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verb (used with object)

to deck out; adorn, especially in a showy or gaudy manner.

OTHER WORDS FOR bedeck

array, decorate, ornament; beautify, enhance.

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Origin of bedeck

First recorded in 1560–70; be- + deck

OTHER WORDS FROM bedeck

un·be·decked, adjective

Words nearby bedeck

bedding plane, bedding plant, Beddoes, beddy-bye, Bede, bedeck, bedeguar, bedehouse, bedel, bedesman, bedevil

How to use bedeck in a sentence

Indeed, it was from Pope’s Day that Americans developed their taste for bedecking enemies in tar and feathers, and the freedoms we celebrate on July Fourth are linked to these Pope’s Day traditions.
Before July 4, American colonists celebrated Pope’s Day — an anti-Catholic rallying cry|Grant Stanton|July 2, 2021|Washington Post
Dafydd might not like him to bedeck himself thus, and what Dafydd might think always mattered a great deal in Llanyglo.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
A refined woman will always look neat; but, on the other hand, she will not bedizen and bedeck herself with a view to display.
How to be Happy Though Married|E. J. Hardy.
Bedeck the pile about with shields and hangings, a variegated corpse-cloth, and multitude of slain.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson|Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson

Sons and grandsons, loving princes, thou shalt never see again, Kinsmen brave and car-borne chieftains will bedeck the gory plain!
Maha-bharata|Anonymous
You seek to advance in the paths of useful knowledge, but neglect not the flowers that bedeck the way.
An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois|Henry R. Schoolcraft

British Dictionary definitions for bedeck

bedeck

/ (bɪˈdɛk) /

verb

(tr) to cover with decorations; adorn

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