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Webster 1913 Edition
Dizen
Diz′en
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dizened
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dizening
.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to
dizzy
: but cf. also OE. dysyn
(Palsgrave
) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. Distaff
.] 1.
To dress; to attire.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
2.
To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.
Like a tragedy queen, he has
dizened
her out. Goldsmith.
To-morrow when the masks shall fall
That
That
dizen
Nature’s carnival. Emerson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dizen
DIZEN
,Verb.
T.
This word is not esteemed elegant, and is nearly obsolete. Its compound bedizen is used in burlesque.