bedight

American

[bih-dahyt] / bɪˈdaɪt /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

bedight, bedight, bedighted, bedighting

to deck out; array.

bedight British

/ bɪˈdaɪt /

verb

(tr) to array or adorn

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adjective

(past participle of the verb) adorned or bedecked

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Etymology

Origin of bedight

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

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Columbus appeared at Court bedight with golden robes.

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In 1901 impotent Ad- dresser Gandhi was bedight in the latest British fashion.

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Edward of Wales followed, bedight appropriately as a Welsh Guard.

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In the afternoon bedight as a Field Marshal, he motored to Victoria Station.

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Thou sheen of flow'rs with love alight, Thou bridal crown, all maids' delight, Thou art bedight With heaven's golden splendour!

From The Evolution of Love by Ellie Schleussner

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