adight

English

Etymology

From Middle English adihten, adighten, from Old English ādihtan, ā- + dihtan (to arrange, to dight), equivalent to a- + dight.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈdaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

adight (third-person singular simple present adights, present participle adighting, simple past and past participle adighted)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To set in order; to array.
    • Geoffrey Chaucer
      Tho Gamelyn under the woode loked aright, Sevene score of yonge men he saugh wel adight.

References

  • adight in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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