different between bedight vs befight

English

Etymology

From Middle English bedighten, bidihten; equivalent to be- +? dight.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??da?t/
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): [b??d??t]
• Rhymes: -a?t

Verb

bedight (third-person singular simple present bedights, present participle bedighting, simple past and past participle bedight or bedighted)

1. (archaic) To equip or bedeck.

Adjective

bedight (comparative more bedight, superlative most bedight)

1. (archaic) That has been equipped or bedecked.

Anagrams

• Digbeth

English

Etymology

From Middle English *befighten, *befeghten, from Old English befeohtan (“to take by fighting”), equivalent to be- +? fight. Cognate with Dutch bevechten (“to fight, combat”), Middle High German bevehten.

Verb

befight (third-person singular simple present befights, present participle befighting, simple past and past participle befought)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To deprive of by fighting.
2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To fight against; contend; do battle with.