dight

[ dahyt ]

/ daɪt /

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verb (used with object), dight or dight·ed, dight·ing.

Archaic. to dress; adorn.

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Origin of dight

before 1000; Middle English dighten,Old English dihtan to arrange, compose <Latin dīctāre (see dictate); cognate with German dichten

Words nearby dight

Digger pine, Diggers, digger wasp, diggings, digging stick, dight, Digibox, digicam, dig in, digit, digital

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How to use dight in a sentence

Dight were her head and the crook all over with gold, and the bulwarks thereof were as high as on sea-faring ships.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
We shall be hang'd anon, away good wenches, and have a care you dight things handsomly, I will look over you.
Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10)|Francis Beaumont
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.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris
Chaucer never rimes -ight with -yt, as in the case of dight, delyt; Rom.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes|Geoffrey Chaucer

But what would be Chartres, his spot of election for prayer, were it unsoftened by its storied windows richly dight?
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

British Dictionary definitions for dight

dight

/ (daɪt) /

verb dights, dighting, dight or dighted (tr) archaic

to adorn or equip, as for battle

Word Origin for dight

Old English dihtan to compose, from Latin dictāre to dictate

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