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bedizen

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be⋅di⋅zen

  [bi-dahy-zuhn, -diz-uhn]
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–verb (used with object)
to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner.
Origin:
1655–65; be- + dizen

Related forms:
be⋅di⋅zen⋅ment, noun
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be·di·zen   (bĭ-dī'zən, -dĭz'ən)   
tr.v.   be·di·zened, be·di·zen·ing, be·di·zens
To ornament or dress in a showy or gaudy manner.

[be- + dizen.]
be·di'zen·ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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