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be·deck
/
bɪˈdɛk
/
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[
bih-
dek
]
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verb (used with object)
to
deck
out; adorn, especially in a showy or gaudy manner.
Origin:
1560–70;
be-
+
deck
Related forms
un·be·decked,
adjective
Synonyms
array, decorate, ornament; beautify, enhance.
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bedeck
(bɪˈdɛk)
—
vb
(
tr
) to cover with decorations; adorn
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
bedeck
1560s, from
be-
+
deck
(v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
If you must be fashionable, the prevailing fashion wisdom goes,
bedeck
yourself
in only one outfit dictated by the style tyrants.
Hundreds and hundreds of varieties and a profusion of blossoms border the
trails and
bedeck
the hillsides.
The image is made literal in the flowers that are grown to
bedeck
the corpses
and end up in the flames of cremation.
Tiffany lamps
bedeck
the ceilings, and the extensive woodwork is made of
southern white oak.
Fold it spoonful by spoonful into whipped cream for blush-pink dressing to
bedeck
a fruit salad.
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