DIGHT

Etymology

Verb

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

(obsolete, transitive) To deal with, handle.

(obsolete, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.

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

(obsolete, transitive) To compose, make.

(archaic, transitive, of facial features) To be formed or composed (of).

(archaic, transitive) To furnish, equip.

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

(archaic, transitive) To make ready, prepare.

Synonyms

• (to have sexual intercourse): bed, feague, lie with; see also copulate with

• (to furnish): apparel, fit out, kit out

• (to dress, array, adorn): clothe, don, put on; see also clothe

Adjective

dight

(obsolete) Disposed; adorned.

Adverb

dight

(obsolete) Finely.

Synonym: dightly

Source: Wiktionary

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Dight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dight or Dighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dighting.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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