Dictionary entry

Dight

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dight (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.DightorDighted; 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. “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. Chaucer.