Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Dight
Dight
(dīt)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dight
or Dighted
; 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.
[Archaic]
“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.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dight
DIGHT
,Verb.
T.