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bedight

[bih-dahyt]
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verb (used with object), be·dight, be·dight or be·dight·ed, be·dight·ing. Archaic.

to deck out; array.

Nearby words

  1. bedford cord,
  2. bedford heights,
  3. bedford, john of lancaster, duke of,
  4. bedfordshire,
  5. bedframe,
  6. bedim,
  7. bedivere,
  8. bedizen,
  9. bedlam,
  10. 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.

    The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
British Dictionary definitions for bedight

bedight

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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Word Origin and History for bedight

bedight

v.

"equip, furnish," c.1400, from be- + dight (q.v.). Related: Bedighted; bedighting.

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