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dighting

dighting is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about dighting

What is dighting the present participle and gerund of?
Dighting is the present participle and gerund of dight.

Words near dighting in the dictionary

  1. dight
  2. dighted
  3. dighter
  4. dighters
  5. dightest
  6. dighting
  7. Dighton
  8. dights
  9. digi
  10. digi-
  11. Digi-box

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