dight
1Dight — (d[imac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dight} or {Dighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dighting}.] [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… …
2Dight — (d[imac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dight} or {Dighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dighting}.] [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… …
3dight — to adorn (archaic or poetic), O.E. dihtan dictate, appoint, ordain; guide; compose, an early borrowing from L. dictare to dictate (see DICTATE (Cf. dictate) (v.)). The Latin word borrowed even earlier into continental Germanic became O.H.G.… …
4dight — [dīt] vt. dight or dighted, dighting [ME dihten < OE dihtan, to arrange, dispose, make < L dictare, to say: see DICTATE] Archaic 1. to adorn 2. to equip …
5Dight — This is one of the most interesting and unusual names on the English register, it derives from the pre 10th Century word dihtan meaning to equip and is job descriptive for the Armourer or body servant responsible for dressing the knight prior to… …
6dight — be·dight; ben·e·dight; dight; …
7dight — [[t]daɪt[/t]] v. t. dight dight•ed, dight•ing archaic to adorn • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE dihtan to arrange, compose < L dīctāre (see dictate) …
8dight — 1) to dight, to foul or dirty one. Chesh. Perhaps used ironically. 2) to dight, to clean or dress ; Dight the snivel from your neb, blow your nose. Cumb. 3) (pronounced [DEBT] in Cheshire and York, West Riding), means dirtied, daubed, &c …
9dight — clothed clothed adj. 1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate), bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed, panoplied};… …
10dight — transitive verb (dighted or dight; dighting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dihtan to arrange, compose, from Latin dictare to dictate, compose Date: 13th century archaic dress, adorn …