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bedight

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be·dight  (b-dt)
tr.v. be·dight or be·dight·ed, be·dight·ing, be·dights Archaic
To dress or array.
[Middle English bidighten : bi-, be- + dighten, adorn; see dight.]
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Verb1.bedight - decorate; "deck the halls with holly"
bedeck, deck
adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
plume - deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet"


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Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado.
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But first hold up your sceptre and swear that you will give me the chariot, bedight with bronze, and the horses that now carry the noble son of Peleus.
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In half a minute Mrs Cratchit entered -- flushed, but smiling proudly -- with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.
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