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Webster 1913 Edition


Dight

Dight

(dīt)
,
Verb.
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
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dight

DIGHT

,
Verb.
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.]