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to bedight

to bedight

9.9
To dress people or things in silks and jewelry
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : adornar
  • The princess was bedight in jewels for the ball.

Examples

  • He bedighted the room with beautiful tapestries.

  • The hall was bedight with garlands for the king's arrival.

  • She appeared at the festival, bedight in silks and jewels.

  • The ancient tales speak of knights bedight in shining armor.

  • The hall was bedight with garlands for the king's arrival.

  • She appeared at the festival, bedight in silks and jewels.

  • The ancient tales speak of knights bedight in shining armor.

Synonyms

to adorn
vsto bedight
45 4.9

To put decorations on something to make it look more beautiful

is the archaic phrasing that specifically means dressing up with ornaments
to deck
vsto bedight
31 4.1

To decorate something to make it look festive

is the older term focusing on personal dressing rather than general festivity
to bedeck
vsto bedight
4 7.8

To put fancy decorations like flowers or lights on something to make it look special

is similar but less focused on showy elaboration
to ornament
vsto bedight
4 3.7

To add decorations to something to make it look nicer

is the archaic idea of dressing someone rather than adding small details
to bedazzle
vsto bedight
3 5.1

Add bright, shiny pieces to clothes or things to attract attention

is the older term focusing on general ornamentation rather than dazzling shine
to dight
vsto bedight
  • Archaic
9.9

Dress someone or something in special clothes and decorations

is the general archaic form rather than specifically poetic
to beset
vsto bedight
  • Literature
9.1

To cover an object with many jewels or decorations

is less specifically about lavish jewel covering and more general
to bedizen
vsto bedight
9.9

To make clothes or things look too bright and ugly

is the archaic act of dressing up without implying tastelessness

Antonyms

to undress
  • NSFW
88 2.0

To take off clothes from yourself or another person

to strip
  • NSFW
63 3.4

Take off most or all clothes

How Ornate

to embellish
19 6.1
to bedight
  • Archaic
9.9
to adorn
45 4.9
to decorate
226 1.9
trim
34 3.8

Surface Forms

bedight infinitive
bedighted past
bedighted past participle
bedighting present participle
bedights third person singular

Morphology

bedight = dight (opaque) = be + dight

Although formed with the productive prefix 'be-' and the verb 'dight', the root 'dight' is archaic and unfamiliar to most learners, so the meaning is not easily derivable.

Etymology

The word bedight comes from the old parts be- and dight, where dight means 'to dress' or 'make ready'. So bedight means to dress up or decorate with ornaments.