bedightv.
/bɪˈdʌɪt/ archaic.
transitive. To equip, furnish, apparel, array, bedeck. (Now only poetical.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)]
wrya901
clothec950
shride971
aturnc1220
begoa1225
array1297
graith1297
agraithc1300
geara1325
cleadc1325
adightc1330
apparel1362
back1362
shape1362
attirea1375
parela1375
tirea1375
rayc1390
addressa1393
coverc1394
aguisea1400
scredea1400
shrouda1400
bedightc1400
buskc1400
harnessc1400
hatterc1400
revesta1449
able1449
dressa1450
reparel?c1450
adub?1473
endue?a1475
afaite1484
revestera1500
beclothe1509
trimc1516
riga1535
invest1540
vesture1555
suit1577
clad1579
investure1582
vest1582
deck1587
habit1594
to make ready1596
caparison1597
skin1601
shadow1608
garment1614
riga1625
raiment1656
garb1673
equip1695
to fit out1722
encase1725
tog1793
trick1821
to fig out1825
enclothe1832
toilet1842
to get up1858
habilitate1885
tailor1885
kit1919
c1400 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 23 Wat is he þis þat comet so briht Wit blodi cloþes al be-diht?
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates 270 (R.) A troope of men..in armes bedight.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 69 A Garland..The royall Bride-groom's radiant brows be-dights.
1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes ii. sig. C4v Ionah straight arose, himself bedight With fit accoutrements, for hasty flight.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 15 Whose outward garment hath bin injur'd and ill bedighted.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 129 She not only bedights them with many springs.
1856 H. W. Longfellow Elected Knight viii Three modest maidens have me bedight.
Derivatives
bedight adj.
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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
a1440 Sire Degrev. 144 Lothlych by-dyght.
1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 428 Thy fieldes bedight with Daffodillies.
a1849 E. A. Poe Eldorado i Gaily bedight, a gallant knight.
1863 C. M. Smith Dead Lock 296 Lilian..With gems and gold bedight.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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