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BEDIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bedight mean? 

BEDIGHT (verb)
  The verb BEDIGHT has 1 sense:

1. decorateplay

  Familiarity information: BEDIGHT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEDIGHT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Decorate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

bedeck; bedight; deck

Context example:

deck the halls with holly

Hypernyms (to "bedight" is one way to...):

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bedight"):

plume (deck with a plume)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something PP


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