dight

[ dahyt ]

/ daɪt /

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

Archaic. to dress; adorn.

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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Example sentences from the Web for dight

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
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
She was not dight to go nor ride She had no joy of the summer-tide.
Poems by the Way|William Morris
If that fact came out in the inquiry into the plot, Godfrey's doom was dight, the general frenzy would make men cry for his blood.
The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories|Andrew Lang

Albeit he had told his mind beforehand to Stephen the Eater, who had dight him all things ready for departure.
The Sundering Flood|William Morris

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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单词	dight
释义	dight [ dahyt ] / daɪt / verb (used with object), dight or dight·ed, dight·ing. Archaic. to dress; adorn. 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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dight 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 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 She was not dight to go nor ride She had no joy of the summer-tide. Poems by the Way\|William Morris If that fact came out in the inquiry into the plot, Godfrey's doom was dight, the general frenzy would make men cry for his blood. The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories\|Andrew Lang Albeit he had told his mind beforehand to Stephen the Eater, who had dight him all things ready for departure. The Sundering Flood\|William Morris 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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