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dizening |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dizen \Diz"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizened}; p. pr & vb n. {Dizening}.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf also OE dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it Cf {Distaff}.] 1. To dress; to attire. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl 2. To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out --Goldsmith. To-morrow when the masks shall fall That dizen Nature's carnival. --Emerson.
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