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Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-dek
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈdɛk



Definition of bedeck

Origin :
  • 1560s, from be- + deck (v.). Related: Bedecked; bedecking.
  • verb dress up
Example sentences :
  • “It is in bad taste, to say the least, to bedeck the bride in such a ceremony,” she said cuttingly.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • Advantage was taken of these presents to bedeck the child in every variety of smartness.
  • Extract from : « Fasting Girls » by William Alexander Hammond
  • So I shall tell her, and she will not fail to bedeck herself with them.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Vanderstein's jewels » by Mrs. Charles Bryce
  • These people are great hands to bedeck themselves with flowers.
  • Extract from : « Through the South Seas with Jack London » by Martin Johnson
  • We bedeck and bedrape our poetry with trappings without which it is better off.
  • Extract from : « The Literature of Ecstasy » by Albert Mordell
  • You seek to advance in the paths of useful knowledge, but neglect not the flowers that bedeck the way.
  • Extract from : « An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois » by Henry R. Schoolcraft
  • He is less inclined to bedeck them with frills but he will plan years ahead for their education.
  • Extract from : « How to Analyze People on Sight » by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
  • Religion is the brightest ornament with which the young can bedeck themselves.
  • Extract from : « Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness » by John Mather Austin
  • Sydney and Georgina would not need to scrimp little Queenie's share of finery to bedeck themselves now were she living.
  • Extract from : « The Bride of the Tomb and Queenie's Terrible Secret » by Mrs. Alexander McVeigh Miller
  • Fight all influences to bedeck it with beds of flowers in forms of stars and moons and other celestial and terrestrial designs.
  • Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various

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