bedight

[ bih-dahyt ]

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

to deck out; array.

Origin of bedight

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

Words Nearby bedight

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How to use bedight in a sentence

And the Lady bore in her hand a sleeve of flame-colored satin very richly bedight with many pearls of great price.
The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions | Howard Pyle
Their little souls were white as new-fallen snow and bedight with indulgences and prayers.
The Path of Life | Stijn Streuvels
Heigho, and how his quiver / with well-wrought hands was rich bedight!
The Nibelungenlied | Unknown
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.
The Nibelungenlied | Unknown

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

Origin of bedight

C14: from dight

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