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dighted

UK/ˈdaɪtəd/

dighted is the simple past and past participle of dight.

Meaning of dight

Verb

dight (third-person singular simple present dights, present participle dighting, simple past and past participle dight or dighted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To deal with; to handle.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To adorn, decorate or furnish; to dress, array, or deck out.
    • Come, Colin, dight your cheeks and baniſh care1776, Ramsay, Allan, Poems on Several Occasions, volume 1, Aberdeen: J. Boyle, page 176
  3. (archaic, transitive) To make ready; to prepare
    • Do thou dight thee a twenty-banked ship right good1887, Morris, William, The Odyssey of Homer: Done Into English Verse, volume I, London: Reeves & Turner, page 11

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Words that rhyme with dighted

Questions about dighted

What is dighted the simple past and past participle of?
Dighted is the simple past and past participle of dight.
How do you pronounce dighted?
Dighted is pronounced /ˈdaɪtəd/ (UK).

Words near dighted in the dictionary

  1. Diggora
  2. diggs
  3. dighi
  4. dighis
  5. dight
  6. dighted
  7. dighter
  8. dighters
  9. dightest
  10. dighting
  11. Dighton

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