bedeck

From be- +‎ deck. Compare West Frisian bedekke (“to cover”), Dutch bedekken (“to cover, coat, overlay”), German bedecken (“to cover, top, overlay”), Swedish betäcka (“to cover, shelter”). Doublet of bethatch.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪˈdɛk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

bedeck (third-person singular simple present bedecks, present participle bedecking, simple past and past participle bedecked)

1. (transitive) To deck, ornament, or adorn

   She bedecked her wedding gown with seed pearls.

2. (transitive) to grace.

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bedeck

1. singular imperative of bedecken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of bedecken