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dizen
di·zen
/
ˈdaɪ
zən, ˈdɪz
ən
/
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dahy
-z
uh
n,
diz
-
uh
n
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verb (used with object)
Archaic.
to deck with clothes or finery;
bedizen
.
Origin:
1520–30;
dis-
bunch of flax on a
distaff
+
-en
1
Related forms
di·zen·ment,
noun
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dizen
(ˈdaɪz
ə
n)
—
vb
an archaic word for
bedizen
[C16: from Middle Dutch
dīsen
to dress a distaff with flax; see
distaff
]
'dizenment
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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