bedight

[ bih-dahyt ]

/ bɪˈdaɪt /

verb (used with object), be·dight, be·dight or be·dight·ed, be·dight·ing. Archaic.

to deck out; array.

Nearby words

bedford cord, bedford heights, bedford, john of lancaster, duke of, bedfordshire, bedframe, bedight, bedim, bedivere, bedizen, bedlam, bedlamer

Origin of bedight

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at be-, dight

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Examples from the Web for bedight

Then went with her thither / full many a beauteous maid, A hundred good or over, / bedight right merrily.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
Within the court the heroes / bedight with trappings due Awaited noble maidens, / as I have told to you.
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British Dictionary definitions for bedight

bedight

/ (bɪˈdaɪt) archaic /

verb -dights, -dighting, -dight or -dighted

(tr) to array or adorn

adjective

(past participle of the verb) adorned or bedecked

Word Origin for bedight

C14: from dight

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