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dight |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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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