Definition of Dight

1. v. t. To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn.

Definition of Dight

1. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To deal with, handle. ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To have sexual intercourse with. ¹

3. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To dispose, put (in a given state or condition). ¹

4. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To compose, make. ¹

5. Verb. (archaic transitive) To furnish, equip. ¹

6. Verb. (archaic transitive) To dress, array; to adorn. ¹

7. Verb. (archaic transitive) To make ready, prepare. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dight

1. to adorn [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: adorn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dight

digestor
digestors
digests
diggable
digged
digger
digger wasp
digger wasps
diggers
diggest
diggeth
digging
digging out
digging up
diggings
dighted
dighter
dighters
dighting
dights
digi-
digicam
digicams
digilante
digilantes
digin
digipak
digipaks
digit

Literary usage of Dight

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"70 strive, Once more the sky was black, the thunder roll'd: Fast running o'er the plain a priest was Not dight full proud nor buttoned up in gold; ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... But ere he could his armour on him dight, Or get his shield. Ibid., L, vii, 8. And in a diable near, even ta a place divine. ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"... stand up too suddenly, and bring her fashionably be- dight head-gear in contact with the under side of the deck. ..."

4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Why do these steeds stand ready dight ? They watch to hear the bloodhound baying ; They watch to hear the war-horn braying ..."

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