dizen

Meaning

Verb

To dress with flax for spinning.
To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen.
To dress showily; adorn; dress out.

Origin

From dialectal dize, from Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise, *disen, from Proto-Germanic *disanō ("distaff"), of unknown origin, equivalent to dize + -en. Cognate with Middle Low German dise, disene.

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