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Dight

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dight \Dight\, 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 {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.

Dight \Dight\, 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 {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.
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