dight

Meanings

Verb

• To deal with, handle.
• To dispose, put (in a given state or condition).
• To be formed or composed (of).
• To dress, array; to adorn.
• To make ready, prepare.

Adjective

• Disposed; adorned.

Adverb

• Finely.

Related

Similar words

• apparel, fit out, kit out

Origin

• From Middle English dighten, dihten, (also dyten, from whence dite), from Old English dihtan, dihtian, from Proto-Germanic *dihtōną ("to compose; invent"), of disputed origin. Possibly from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *dīkaną ("to arrange; create; perform"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵ-, *dʰeyǵʰ-, influenced by Latin dictāre; or perhaps from Latin dictāre itself. See dictate; and also parallel formations in German dichten, Dutch dichten, Swedish dikta.