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bedeck

[ bih-dek ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to deck out; adorn, especially in a showy or gaudy manner.

    Synonyms: enhance, beautify, ornament, decorate, array



bedeck

/ bɪˈdɛk /

verb

  1. tr to cover with decorations; adorn


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Other Words From

  • unbe·decked adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bedeck1

First recorded in 1560–70; be- + deck

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Example Sentences

Consequently, he was chosen by his father, the Dwarf king Hreidmar, to guard their house bedecked with gold and precious gems.

Indeed, it was from Pope’s Day that Americans developed their taste for bedecking enemies in tar and feathers, and the freedoms we celebrate on July Fourth are linked to these Pope’s Day traditions.

Dafydd might not like him to bedeck himself thus, and what Dafydd might think always mattered a great deal in Llanyglo.

A refined woman will always look neat; but, on the other hand, she will not bedizen and bedeck herself with a view to display.

Bedeck the pile about with shields and hangings, a variegated corpse-cloth, and multitude of slain.

Sons and grandsons, loving princes, thou shalt never see again, Kinsmen brave and car-borne chieftains will bedeck the gory plain!

You seek to advance in the paths of useful knowledge, but neglect not the flowers that bedeck the way.

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