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Webster 1913 Edition

Bedeck

Be-deck′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bedecked
([GREEK]);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bedecking
.]
To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.
Bedecked
with boughs, flowers, and garlands.
Pennant.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bedeck

BEDECK'

,
Verb.
T.
[be and deck.] To deck; to adorn; to grace.

Definition 2024

bedeck

bedeck

English

Verb

bedeck ‎(third-person singular simple present bedecks, present participle bedecking, simple past and past participle bedecked)

  1. (transitive) To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.
    She bedecked her wedding gown with seed pearls.

Translations

German

Verb

bedeck

  1. Imperative singular of bedecken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of bedecken.

Etymology

From be- +‎ deck. Compare West Frisian bedekke ‎(“to cover”), Dutch bedekken ‎(“to cover, coat, overlay”), German bedecken ‎(“to cover, top, overlay”), Swedish betäcka ‎(“to cover, shelter”). Doublet of bethatch.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈdɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

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