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dizen
/ˈdɪzən/
verb 3
Collocations
2VERB + DIZEN
'gad
DIZEN + NOUN
themselves, they've
Definitions
verb
1
To dress with flax for spinning.
2
To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen.
Like a tragedy queen he has dizen'd her out, / Or rather like tragedy giving a rout.
3
To dress showily; adorn; dress out.
I tell you, these Englishwomen have either no life at all in them, or they're nothing but animal life. 'Gad, how they dizen themselves! They've no other use for their fingers. The wealth of this country's frightful!'
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Synonyms
verb — dress up garishly and tastelessly
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Like a tragedy queen he has dizen'd her out, / Or rather like tragedy giving a rout.
Wiktionary02
I tell you, these Englishwomen have either no life at all in them, or they're nothing but animal life. 'Gad, how they dizen themselves! They've no other use for their fingers. The wealth of this count
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