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bedight

American  
[bih-dahyt] / bɪˈdaɪt /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.
bedight, bedight, bedighted, bedighting
  1. to deck out; array.


bedight British  
/ bɪˈdaɪt /

verb

  1. (tr) to array or adorn

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. (past participle of the verb) adorned or bedecked

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

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

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

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 Schleussner, Ellie

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