dight verb trans. [dʌɪt] Pa. pple dight.
[Old English dihtan = Middle Low German, Middle Dutch dichten compose, contrive (Dutch dichten invent, compose), Old High German tihtōn, dihtōn (German dichten) write, compose verses, Old Norse dikta compose in Latin, invent, contrive, from Latin dictare appoint, prescribe, dictate, (in medieval Latin) write, compose.]
I. Direct, ordain, dispose of, deal with.
1. Direct, give directions to. Only in OE.

2. Appoint, ordain, (a fate etc.). OE-M16.

3. Keep in order, manage, govern. ME-E16.

4. Deal with, use, (in some manner); esp. maltreat. ME-M17.
b. Have sexual relations with. Only in LME.

5. Place, put; remove. ME-M16.
b. Put into a specified state, esp. to death; cause (death). ME-E19.

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II. Compose, make.

6. Compose (with words); set down in writing. OE-LME.

7. Construct, make. ME-E17.

8. Perform, do. ME-L16.

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III. Put in order, make ready.

9. Put in order, arrange. ME-L15.

10. Equip, furnish, (with). Now usu. in pass. arch. ME.

11. Clothe, array, adorn. Now usu. in pass. arch. & poet. ME.
■ Milton Storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
■ H. MacDiarmid All the changes in which the hawthorn is dight.
b. Dress (a wound). LME-M16.
c. Put on (armour etc.). L16.
d. Dirty, befoul. dial. M17.

12. Make (a person, esp. oneself) ready (to do). ME-L16.
b. Direct (oneself), make (one's way); go. ME-L16.

13. Make ready for use or a purpose; prepare. poet. ME.
■ W. Morris This Queen of the many wooers dights the wedding for us.
b. Winnow (corn). Scot. & north. L15.
c. Wipe clean or dry. Scot. & north. E16.

14. Repair, put right. Now dial. ME.

15. Cultivate, dress, (crops, land, etc.). LME-M16.

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IV.

16. Lift. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.

■ dighter noun (now dial.) OE.

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