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Bedeck   /bɪdˈɛk/   Listen
Bedeck

verb
(past & past part. bedecked; pres. part. bedecking)
1.
Decorate.  Synonyms: bedight, deck.






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"Bedeck" Quotes from Famous Books



... in bad taste, to say the least, to bedeck the bride in such a ceremony," she said cuttingly. "If I must hire a husband, he need not, at least, forget decency and make ...
— Louisiana Lou • William West Winter

... warm golden gourds; golden, within, Under the eaves, peer'd rows of Indian corn. We shot beneath the cottage with the stream. 20 On the brown, rude-carved balcony, two forms Came forth—Olivia's, Marguerite! and thine. Clad were they both in white, flowers in their breast; Straw hats bedeck'd their heads, with ribbons blue, Which danced, and on their shoulders, fluttering, play'd. 25 They saw us, they conferred; their bosoms heaved, And more than mortal impulse fill'd their eyes. Their lips moved; their white arms, waved eagerly, Flash'd once, like falling ...
— Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems • Matthew Arnold



Words linked to "Bedeck" :   decorate, grace, ornament, deck, beautify, adorn, plume, bedight, embellish



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