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bedeck, v.|bɪˈdɛk|
[f. be- 1 + deck.]
trans. To deck about, to cover with ornament, to adorn.
a1566R. Edwards in Ellis II. (R.) May bedecks each branch with green. 1628tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. ii. 251 That part of the Heaven..was bedecked with but few Stars. 1720Gay Poems (1745) II. 18 Three gold rings her skilful hand bedeck. 1850Blackie æschylus II. 173 Spear-pierced trophies, Argive harnesses, Bedeck their holy halls.
fig.1559Mirr. Mag. 187 (R.) So that I was bedeckt with double praise.
Hence beˈdecked ppl. a., beˈdecking ppl. a. and vbl. n.
1671Milton Samson 712 But who is this?.. That, so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. ii. i. 79 Bedecking ornaments of praise. 1612W. Parkes Curtaine-Dr. (1876) 54 The wife in her faire ornaments and bedeckings. |