bedight
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of bedight
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at be-, dight
Example Sentences
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New King George VI, handsomely bedight as Admiral of the Fleet, was standing in his splendid Throne Room at Buckingham Palace, receiving the diplomatic corps for the first time since His Majesty's accession.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Honorable Great Lady, thus bedight, partook with her additional 300 ladies-in-waiting of bosat, a beverage then esteemed and consisting, much like the modern "milk shake," of flavored sugar and cream.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the afternoon bedight as a Field Marshal, he motored to Victoria Station.
From Time Magazine Archive
Edward of Wales followed, bedight appropriately as a Welsh Guard.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nicholas Hogben fetched a leather bottle as long as his leg, dusty and dinted, but nevertheless bedight with the arms of England, from the stone recess where the guard sheltered at nights.
From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford, Ford Madox
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