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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Dizen | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Dizen | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dizen \Diz"en\, v. 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 dizen Nature's carnival. --Emerson. | |
