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dight
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DIGHT
v.t.dite. [L.] To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn. [Obsolete, or used only in poetry. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DIGHT
Dight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dight or Dighted; p. pr. & vb. n.Dighting.] Etym: [OF. dihten, AS. dihtan to dictate, command, dispose, arrange, fr. L. dictare to say often, dictate, order; cf. G. dichten to write poetry, fr. L. dictare. See Dictate. ]
1. To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn. [Archaic ] "She gan the house to dight. " Chaucer. Two harmless turtles, dight for sacrifice. Fairfax. The clouds in thousand liveries dight. Milton.
2. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
DIGHTER
DIGHTER Dight "er, n.
Defn: One who dights. [Obs. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
dight
dight |dīt daɪt | ▶adjective archaic clothed or equipped. ▶verb [ with obj. ] literary make ready for a use or purpose; prepare: let the meal be dighted. ORIGIN Middle English: past participle of archaic dight ‘order, deal with, ’ based on Latin dictare ‘compose (in language ), order. ’ The wide and varied use of the word in Middle English is reflected dialectally.
Oxford Dictionary
dight
dight |dʌɪt | ▶adjective archaic clothed or equipped. ▶verb [ with obj. ] literary make ready for a use or purpose; prepare. • Scottish & N. English wipe clean or dry. • Scottish & N. English winnow (corn ). ORIGIN Middle English: past participle of archaic dight ‘order, deal with ’, based on Latin dictare ‘compose (in language ), order ’. The wide and varied use of the word in Middle English is reflected dialectally.
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