dight
adjEtymology
From Middle English dighten, dihten, (also dyten, from whence dite), from Old English dihtan, dihtian (“to set in order; dispose; arrange; appoint; direct; compose”), from Proto-West Germanic *dihtōn (“to compose; invent”), of disputed origin. Possibly from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *dīkaną (“to arrange; create; perform”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵ-, *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead; shape; mold; build”), influenced by Latin dictāre; or perhaps from Latin dictāre (“to dictate”) itself. See dictate; and also parallel formations in German dichten, Dutch dichten, Swedish dikta.
Definitions
Adorned, decorated, or furnished (with)
Adorned, decorated, or furnished (with); dressed, arrayed, or decked out.
- Right against the eastern gate, / Where the great sun begins his state, / Robed in flames, and amber light, / The clouds in thousand liveries dight[…].
- […]the veil lifted and discovered beneath it fifty horsemen, ravening lions to the sight, in steel armour dight.
To deal with
To deal with; to handle.
To adorn, decorate or furnish
To adorn, decorate or furnish; to dress, array, or deck out.
- […]It sways upon a billow foam-befrilled, / Dighted with precious gems[…]
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To make ready
To make ready; to prepare.
Finely.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA