"dighten" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈdixtən/
Etymology: From Old English dihtan, dihtian (“to set in order; dispose; arrange; appoint; direct; compose”), from Proto-Germanic *dihtōną (“to compose; invent”), of disputed origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|dihtan}} Old English dihtan, {{m|ang|dihtian||to set in order; dispose; arrange; appoint; direct; compose}} dihtian (“to set in order; dispose; arrange; appoint; direct; compose”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*dihtōną||to compose; invent}} Proto-Germanic *dihtōną (“to compose; invent”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} dighten Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|dight|c=sl|c2=ed}} Forms: weak [table-tags], dighten [infinitive], to dighten [infinitive], dighte [infinitive], dighte [first-person, present, singular], dighte [first-person, past, singular], dighted [first-person, past, singular], dightest [present, second-person, singular], dightest [past, second-person, singular], dightedest [past, second-person, singular], dighteth [present, singular, third-person], dighte [past, singular, third-person], dighted [past, singular, third-person], dighte [present, singular, subjunctive], dighte [past, singular, subjunctive], dighted [past, singular, subjunctive], dighte [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], dighten [plural, present], dighte [plural, present], dighten [past, plural], dighte [past, plural], dighteden [past, plural], dightede [past, plural], dighteth [imperative, plural, present], dighte [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], dightynge [participle, present], dightende [participle, present], dight [participle, past], dighted [participle, past], ydight [participle, past], ydighted [participle, past]
  1. To prepare or ready:
    (transitive) To ornament, adorn.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dighten-enm-verb-C3TigxuL Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 42 42 7 10
  2. To prepare or ready:
    (transitive) To furnish, equip.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dighten-enm-verb-aL0F0xfx Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 42 42 7 10
  3. (transitive) To compose, make. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dighten-enm-verb-66t-HBqm
  4. (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dighten-enm-verb-aWGy42ws Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 42 42 7 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: diten, dihten, disten, dithen

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          "text": "And whan balyn was wepenles he ranne in to a chamber for to seke somme wepen / and soo fro chamber to chamber / and no wepen he coude fynde / and alweyes kynge Pellam after hym / And at the last he entryd in to a chambyr that was merueillously wel dyȝte and rychely"
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          "ref": "1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Prologue",
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        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prepare or ready:",
        "To ornament, adorn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prepare",
          "prepare"
        ],
        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
        ],
        [
          "ornament",
          "ornament"
        ],
        [
          "adorn",
          "adorn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To prepare or ready:",
        "(transitive) To ornament, adorn."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "And whan balyn was wepenles he ranne in to a chamber for to seke somme wepen / and soo fro chamber to chamber / and no wepen he coude fynde / and alweyes kynge Pellam after hym / And at the last he entryd in to a chambyr that was merueillously wel dyȝte and rychely"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prepare or ready:",
        "To furnish, equip."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prepare",
          "prepare"
        ],
        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
        ],
        [
          "furnish",
          "furnish"
        ],
        [
          "equip",
          "equip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To prepare or ready:",
        "(transitive) To furnish, equip."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "14ᵗʰc., Anonymous, The Chester Mystery Plays, Noah's Flood",
          "text": "Japhet's Wife: And I will gather chippes here / To make a fyer for you in feare, / And for to dighte your dinnere / Agayne you come in."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To compose, make."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compose",
          "compose"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To compose, make."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Middle English transitive verbs",
        "Requests for translations of Middle English quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Prologue",
          "roman": "How that another man hath dight his wyf;",
          "text": "Ne telleth nevere no man in youre lyf",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have sexual intercourse with."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "intercourse",
          "intercourse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To have sexual intercourse with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdixtən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "diten"
    },
    {
      "word": "dihten"
    },
    {
      "word": "disten"
    },
    {
      "word": "dithen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dighten"
}

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