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bedight

[bih-dahyt]
verb (used with object), be·dight, be·dight or be·dight·ed, be·dight·ing. Archaic.
  1. to deck out; array.
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Origin of bedight

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

  • For thy coat of mail, bedight In thy spotless robe of white.

    Rienzi

    Edward Bulwer Lytton

  • Then went with her thither / full many a beauteous maid, A hundred good or over, / bedight right merrily.

  • Within the court the heroes / bedight with trappings due Awaited noble maidens, / as I have told to you.

  • Their little souls were white as new-fallen snow and bedight with indulgences and prayers.

    The Path of Life

    Stijn Streuvels

British Dictionary definitions for bedight

bedight

verb -dights, -dighting, -dight or -dighted
  1. (tr) to array or adorn
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adjective
  1. (past participle of the verb) adorned or bedecked
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Word Origin

C14: from dight
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

Word Origin and History for bedight

v.

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

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