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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Columbus appeared at Court bedight with golden robes.
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 1901 impotent Ad- dresser Gandhi was bedight in the latest British fashion.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the afternoon bedight as a Field Marshal, he motored to Victoria Station.
From Time Magazine Archive
An angel throng, bewinged, bedight In veils, and drowned in tears, Sit in a theater, to see A play of hopes and fears, While the orchestra breathes fitfully The music of the spheres.
From The Best Psychic Stories by Various
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