dight

[dahyt]

dight

[dahyt]
verb (used with object), dight or dight·ed, dight·ing.
Archaic. to dress; adorn.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English dighten, Old English dihtan to arrange, compose < Latin dīctāre (see dictate); cognate with German dichten
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dight (daɪt)
 
vb , dights, dighting, dight, dighted
to adorn or equip, as for battle
 
[Old English dihtan to compose, from Latin dictāre to dictate]

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