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bedeck

verb
/bɪˈdɛk/UK

Etymology

From be- + deck. Compare West Frisian bedekke (“to cover”), Dutch bedekken (“to cover, coat, overlay”), German bedecken (“to cover, top, overlay”), Swedish betäcka (“to cover, shelter”). Doublet of bethatch.

  1. derived from *þakjaną✻
  2. derived from *þakkjan✻
  3. derived from thecken
  4. derived from decken
  5. derived from dec — “roof, covering”
  6. inherited from dekke
  7. prefixed as bedeck — “be + deck”

Definitions

  1. To deck, ornament, or adorn

    • She bedecked her wedding gown with seed pearls.

  2. to grace.

The neighborhood

Derived

bedecker

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA