bedeckv.
/bɪˈdɛk/ transitive. To deck about, to cover with ornament, to adorn.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament
dightc1200
begoa1225
fay?c1225
rustc1275
duba1300
shrouda1300
adorna1325
flourishc1325
apparel1366
depaintc1374
dressa1375
raila1375
anorna1382
orna1382
honourc1390
paintc1390
pare1393
garnisha1400
mensk?a1400
apykec1400
hightlec1400
overfretc1440
exornc1450
embroider1460
repair1484
empare1490
ornate1490
bedo?a1500
purfle?a1500
glorify?1504
betrap1509
broider1509
deck?1521
likelya1522
to set forth1530
exornate1539
grace1548
adornate1550
fardc1550
gaud1554
pink1558
bedeck1559
tight1572
begaud1579
embellish1579
bepounce1582
parela1586
flower1587
ornify1590
illustrate1592
tinsel1594
formalize1595
adore1596
suborn1596
trapper1597
condecorate1599
diamondize1600
furnish1600
enrich1601
mense1602
prank1605
overgreen1609
crown1611
enjewel1611
broocha1616
varnish1641
ornament1650
array1652
bedub1657
bespangle1675
irradiate1717
gem1747
begem1749
redeck1771
blazon1813
aggrace1825
diamond1839
panoply1851
a1566 R. Edwards in Ellis II. in C. Richardson New Dict. Eng. Lang. May bedecks each branch with green.
1675 tr. W. Camden Hist. Princess Elizabeth (rev. ed.) ii. 251 That part of the Heaven..was bedecked with but few Stars.
1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 286 Three gold rings her skilful hand bedeck.
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 173 Spear-pierced trophies, Argive harnesses, Bedeck their holy halls.
Derivatives
beˈdecked adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated
depaint?c1225
ornedc1384
trappeda1400
attiredc1400
bolled1400
picked?c1425
bedighta1440
garnishedc1440
well-apparelledc1450
decorate1460
adorned?1473
ornate?a1475
anorneda1500
decked?a1500
exornate1509
redimite?a1513
well-decked1530
adornate1539
prankedc1550
entrapped?1553
bested1558
distinct1596
embellished1598
well-tricked1599
enamelled1604
gaudeda1616
broidered1616
farded1637
phalerated1656
adorn1667
bedecked1671
gayed1671
fancied1688
phalerate1702
decorated1727
ornamented1730
orné1763
got-up1793
gotten-up1796
apparelled1821
engrailed1848
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 712 But who is this..That so bedeckt, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing. View more context for this quotation
beˈdecking adj. and n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > action or fact of
fayingc1230
arrayingc1340
anorninga1382
orninga1382
adornmentc1405
garnishing1463
adorning1495
ornamenta1513
ourningc1540
furniture1548
gracing1588
adorn1590
outsetc1590
furnishing1594
adornation1597
bedecking1598
busking1628
ornamenting1718
engrailing1753
figurement1879
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated > ornamental or decorative
trinkery1582
ornamental1595
bedecking1598
exornatory1657
ornative1660
ornamentary1715
fancy1753
decorative1791
artistic1835
decoratory1889
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 79 Bedecking ornaments of praise. View more context for this quotation
1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer 46 The wife in her faire ornaments and beautifull bedeckings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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