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be·dight

 (bĭ-dīt′)
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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bedight

(bɪˈdaɪt)
vb, -dights, -dighting, -dight or -dighted
(tr) to array or adorn
adj
(past participle of the verb) adorned or bedecked
[C14: from dight]
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be•dight

(bɪˈdaɪt)

v.t. -dight, -dight -dight•ed, -dight•ing. Archaic.
to deck out; array.
[1350–1400]
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bedight


Past participle: bedighted
Gerund: bedighting

Imperative
bedight
bedight
Present
I bedight
you bedight
he/she/it bedights
we bedight
you bedight
they bedight
Preterite
I bedight
you bedight
he/she/it bedight
we bedight
you bedight
they bedight
Present Continuous
I am bedighting
you are bedighting
he/she/it is bedighting
we are bedighting
you are bedighting
they are bedighting
Present Perfect
I have bedighted
you have bedighted
he/she/it has bedighted
we have bedighted
you have bedighted
they have bedighted
Past Continuous
I was bedighting
you were bedighting
he/she/it was bedighting
we were bedighting
you were bedighting
they were bedighting
Past Perfect
I had bedighted
you had bedighted
he/she/it had bedighted
we had bedighted
you had bedighted
they had bedighted
Future
I will bedight
you will bedight
he/she/it will bedight
we will bedight
you will bedight
they will bedight
Future Perfect
I will have bedighted
you will have bedighted
he/she/it will have bedighted
we will have bedighted
you will have bedighted
they will have bedighted
Future Continuous
I will be bedighting
you will be bedighting
he/she/it will be bedighting
we will be bedighting
you will be bedighting
they will be bedighting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bedighting
you have been bedighting
he/she/it has been bedighting
we have been bedighting
you have been bedighting
they have been bedighting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bedighting
you will have been bedighting
he/she/it will have been bedighting
we will have been bedighting
you will have been bedighting
they will have been bedighting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bedighting
you had been bedighting
he/she/it had been bedighting
we had been bedighting
you had been bedighting
they had been bedighting
Conditional
I would bedight
you would bedight
he/she/it would bedight
we would bedight
you would bedight
they would bedight
Past Conditional
I would have bedighted
you would have bedighted
he/she/it would have bedighted
we would have bedighted
you would have bedighted
they would have bedighted
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.bedight - decoratebedight - 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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