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dight
[ dahyt ]
verb (used with object)
, dight or dight·ed, dight·ing.
- Archaic. to dress; adorn.
dight
/ daɪt /
verb
- to adorn or equip, as for battle
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dight1
Old English dihtan to compose, from Latin dictāre to dictate
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Example Sentences
Dight were her head and the crook all over with gold, and the bulwarks thereof were as high as on sea-faring ships.
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We shall be hang'd anon, away good wenches, and have a care you dight things handsomly, I will look over you.
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And there on the dais was a table dight with dainty meats and drinks, and the lady bade us thereto, and we sat to it.
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Chaucer never rimes -ight with -yt, as in the case of dight, delyt; Rom.
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But what would be Chartres, his spot of election for prayer, were it unsoftened by its storied windows richly dight?
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