dight

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English dighten, dihten, (also dyten, from whence dite), from Old English dihtan, dihtian (“to set in order; dispose; arrange; appoint; direct; compose”), from Proto-West Germanic *dihtōn (“to compose; invent”), of disputed origin. Possibly from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *dīkaną (“to arrange; create; perform”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵ-, *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead; shape; mold; build”), influenced by Latin dictāre; or perhaps from Latin dictāre (“to dictate”) itself. See dictate; and also parallel formations in German dichten, Dutch dichten, Swedish dikta. === Pronunciation === (US, UK) IPA(key): /daɪt/ (Canada) IPA(key): [dʌɪt] Rhymes: -aɪt === Adjective === dight (comparative dighter, superlative dightest) (rare, archaic) Adorned, decorated, or furnished (with); dressed, arrayed, or decked out. ==== Synonyms ==== (to furnish): apparel, fit out, kit out (to dress, array, adorn): clothe, don, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe === Verb === dight (third-person singular simple present dights, present participle dighting, simple past and past participle dight or dighted)(transitive) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (obsolete) To deal with; to handle. (archaic) To adorn, decorate or furnish; to dress, array, or deck out. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (archaic) To make ready; to prepare. ==== Derived terms ==== === Adverb === dight (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (obsolete) Finely. Synonym: dightly == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English dight, past participle of dighten. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɪxt/ === Adjective === dight adorned, dressed ==== Related terms ==== dieeght === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 35