Bedight

//bɪˈdaɪt// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To equip or bedeck. archaic
  2. 2
    decorate wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    That has been equipped or bedecked. archaic

    "In half a minute Mrs Cratchit entered – flushed, but smiling proudly – with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top."

Synonyms

All synonyms
bedeckdeckdeck

Example

More examples

"Just on the threshold of the porch, behold / fierce Pyrrhus stands, in glittering brass bedight."

Etymology

From Middle English bedighten, bidihten; equivalent to be- + dight.

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